Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe
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Event | The Skilball Trophy | ||||||
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Date | 22 April 1990 | ||||||
Venue | Twickenham Stadium, London |
Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe was a rugby union match played in 1990 to raise money for the rebuilding of Romania following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989. [1] The Four Home Unions team's logo was that used by the British & Irish Lions. The Rest of Europe played under the badge of the Romanian Rugby Federation. The match was played at Twickenham, and the Four Home Unions won the match 43–18 with England captain Will Carling scoring two tries. The winners were awarded The Skilball Trophy.
Teams
[edit]Four Home Unions
[edit]- A G Hastings
Scotland
- A G Stanger
Scotland
- W D C Carling
England
- J C Guscott
England
- R Underwood
England
- C R Andrew
England
- R J Hill
England
- D M B Sole
Scotland
- B C Moore
England
- M Griffiths
Wales
- P J Ackford
England
- N P Francis
Ireland
- J Jeffrey
Scotland
- P J Winterbottom
England
- N P Mannion
Ireland
- Replacements
- D F Cronin in teamsheet
Scotland
Rest of Europe
[edit]- M Toader
Romania
- M Dancla
France (uncapped)
- G Danglade
France (uncapped)
- N Fulina
Romania
- P Lagisquet
France
- P Capitani
France (uncapped)
- A Hueber
France(uncapped although later capped for France)
- M Pujolle
France
- P Dintrans
France
- G Rossi
Italy
- M Cécillon
France
- S Ciorascu
Romania
- T Janeczek
France
- H Dumitras
Romania
- A Tichonov
Soviet Union
- Replacements
Notes
[edit]- ^ McMurtrie, Bill (3 April 1990). "Grand Slam men overlooked. Only four Scots to face Europe XV". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.