France vs British Lions (1989)
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As part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989, France played a British Lions team. The match was played following the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, although a number of players from that tour were unavailable to play in the Paris match.
Match
| 4 October 1989 |
 France | 27–29 |  British Lions |
| Try: Benetton, Blanco, Camberabero Con: Camberabero (3) Pen: Camberabero (3) | Try: Andrew, Hastings (2) Con: Hastings Pen: Hastings (4) Drop-goal: Andrew |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 28,881 Referee: JB Anderson (Scotland) |
Background
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Teams
Source: Match report from scrum.com[1]
- Paul Ackford
- Mike Griffiths
- Andy Robinson
- Steve Smith
- David Egerton (did not tour Australia)
- Jeff Probyn (did not tour Australia)
- Phillip Matthews (did not tour Australia)
- Damian Cronin (did not tour Australia)
- Rob Andrew (captain)
- Jeremy Guscott
- Gavin Hastings
- Scott Hastings
- Robert Jones
- Brendan Mullin
- Rory Underwood
Members of the Australia tour not playing
- Finlay Calder
- Gareth Chilcott
- Wade Dooley
- John Jeffrey
- Donal Lenihan
- Brian Moore
- Bob Norster
- Dean Richards
- David Sole
- Mike Teague
- Derek White
- Dai Young
- Gary Armstrong
- Craig Chalmers
- Tony Clement
- Paul Dean
- John Devereux
- Peter Dods
- Ieuan Evans
- Mike Hall
- Chris Oti
Significance
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