European Championship 1978-79 Round robin match 1 of 3
Attendance: 13,728
Stade L'Egassiarial, Narbonne, France
Referee: Mick Naughton
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
15 Jan 1978Wales29 - 7France1977-78
20 Feb 1977France13 - 2Wales1976-77
6 Nov 1975Wales23 - 2France1975-76
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Francis Tranier28 1     3
2 Jean-Marc Gonzales23 1     3
3 Christian Laumond23        
4 Jean-Marc Bourret21 1   1 4
5 José Moya24   2   4
6 Éric Waligunda23     1 1
7 Guy Alard23        
8 Henri Daniel28        
9 André Malacamp        
10 Delphin Castanon        
11 Charles Zalduendo26        
12 Didier Hermet29        
13 Michel Maïque30        
14 Guy Laforgue20        
(15) Ivan Grésèque25        
Total:        
 3 2 2 15
Wales Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Harold Box (Featherstone Rovers)        
2 Clive Sullivan (Hull Kingston Rovers)        
3 David Watkins (Salford)36   2 1 5
4 John Bevan (Warrington)28        
5 Brian Juliff (Wakefield Trinity)        
6 Bill Francis (St. Helens)        
7 Paul Woods (Rochdale Hornets)        
8 Mick Murphy        
9 Tommy Cunningham (Warrington)        
10 Mel James (St. Helens)        
11 Trevor Skerrett (Wakefield Trinity)        
12 Peter Rowe (Huddersfield) 1     3
13 Roy Mathias (St. Helens)        
14 Graeme Johns (Salford)        
15 John Risman (Workington Town)        
Total:        
 1 2 1 8



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.