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Full time4 October 1989
France
27–29
British & Irish Lions
Parc des Princes, Paris, FranceHead-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero4–0
  3. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero6–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero9–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero12–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero15–0
  7. –TFrance try · Serge Blanco19–0
  8. –TFrance try · Didier Camberabero23–0
  9. –TFrance try · Philippe Benetton27–0
  10. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Gavin Hastings27–2
  11. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gavin Hastings27–5
  12. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gavin Hastings27–8
  13. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gavin Hastings27–11
  14. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Gavin Hastings27–14
  15. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gavin Hastings27–18
  16. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gavin Hastings27–22
  17. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Rob Andrew27–26
  18. –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Rob Andrew27–29

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Marc PujolleProp
  2. 2Dominique BouetHooker
  3. 3Laurent SeigneProp
  4. 4Gilles BourguignonSecond row
  5. 5Thierry DevergieSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Olivier RoumatFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Marc AndrieuCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Bernard LacombeWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Herve ChabowskiBench
  17. 17Marc CecillonBench
  18. 18Thierry MasetBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Thierry LacroixBench
  21. 21David BertyBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Damian CroninSecond row
  6. 6Andy RobinsonFlanker
  7. 7Phil MatthewsFlanker
  8. 8Dave EgertonNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Scott HastingsWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Tony ClementBench
  17. 17Craig ChalmersBench
  18. 18Gary ArmstrongBench
  19. 19Dai YoungBench

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Context

All-time, France 0–1 British & Irish Lions in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
British & Irish Lions going in

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    Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.