European Championship 1980-81 Round robin match 2 of 3
Attendance: 3,229
Headingley, Leeds, England
Referee: Guy Cattaneo
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
16 Mar 1980France2 - 4England1979-80
24 Mar 1979England12 - 6France1978-79
5 Mar 1978France11 - 13England1977-78
England Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 George Fairbairn     1 1
2 Des Drummond22        
3 John Joyner        
4 Mike Smith        
5 Steve Fenton        
6 Ken Kelly        
7 Boxer Walker        
8 Steve O'Neill23        
9 David Ward        
10 Brian Case        
11 Len Casey        
12 Ian Potter22        
13 Harry Pinner        
14 John Woods24        
15 Billy Pattinson        
Total:        
 0 0 1 1
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Marcel Pillon25        
2 Sébastien Rodriguez25        
3 Michel Naudo25        
4 Hugues Ratier21        
5 José Moya26   1   2
6 Éric Waligunda25        
7 Hervé Guiraud28 1     3
8 Max Chantal22        
9 Christian Maccali22        
10 Delphin Castanon        
11 Manuel Caravaca26        
12 José Giné28        
13 Joël Roosebrouck27        
14 Philippe Fourquet20        
(15) Marc Ambert26        
Total:        
 1 1 0 5



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