European Championship 1996 Round robin match 2 of 3
Attendance: 6,325
Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead, England
Referee: Bill Harrigan
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
15 Feb 1995England19 - 16France1994-95
21 Feb 1981England1 - 5France1980-81
16 Mar 1980France2 - 4England1979-80
England Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Steve Prescott22 2 7   22
2 Jason Robinson21 1     4
3 Gary Connolly24 3     12
4 Paul Newlove24 2     8
5 Martin Offiah29 4   1 17
6 Steve Blakeley23 1     4
7 Shaun Edwards29        
8 Karl Harrison32        
9 Johnny Lawless21        
10 Paul Broadbent28        
11 Chris Joynt24        
12 Steve McNamara24   1   2
13 Paul Sculthorpe18 1     4
14 Matt Calland24        
15 Paul Rowley21        
16 Adrian Morley19        
17 Steve Molloy27        
Total:        
 14 8 1 73
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Laurent Lucchese23        
2 Pascal Bomati22        
3 Frédéric Banquet20        
4 Jean-Marc Garcia25        
5 Arnaud Cervello24        
6 Fabien Devecchi21        
7 Patrick Entat31        
8 Hadj Boudebza29        
9 Patrick Torreilles26   1   2
10 Frédéric Teixido24        
11 Pascal Jampy23        
12 Didier Cabestany27        
13 Jacques Pech30        
14 Eric van Brussell24 1     4
15 Darren Adams30        
16 Bagdad Yaha26        
17 Jérôme Bisson23        
Total:        
 1 1 0 6



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