France 4–13 Great Britain — World Cup Table, 1972 Rugby League World Cup
1 Nov 1972 · Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble, France · Attendance: N/A
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
World Cup Table, 1972 Rugby League World Cup: France 4–13 Great Britain, at Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble, France on 1 Nov 1972.
Scorers
| France | Goals: Bonal (1); Serrano (1) |
| Great Britain | Tries: Lowe (2); Sullivan Goals: Clawson (2) |
Teams
| France | Great Britain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Toujas | Fullback | Paul Charlton | 1 |
| 2 | Serge Marsolan | Wing | Clive Sullivan (c) | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Molinier | Centre | Chris Hesketh | 3 |
| 4 | André Ruiz | Centre | John Walsh | 4 |
| 5 | Jean-Marie Bonal | Wing | John Atkinson | 5 |
| 6 | Bernard Guilhelm | Stand off/Five eighth | Dennis O'Neill | 6 |
| 7 | Jean-Marie Imbert | Scrum half/Half back | Steve Nash | 7 |
| 8 | Francis de Nadaï (c) | Prop forward | Terry Clawson | 8 |
| 9 | Jacques Franc | Hooker | Mike Stephenson | 9 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Sauret | Prop forward | Brian Lockwood | 10 |
| 11 | Victor Serrano | Second row | Colin Dixon | 11 |
| 12 | Serge Gleyzes | Second row | Phil Lowe | 12 |
| 13 | Guy Rodriguez | Loose forward/Lock forward | George Nicholls | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Charles Zalduendo — not confirmed to have played | |||
| — not identified in sources found | Coach | Jim Challinor | ||
Match officials
| Referee | François Gril — nationality not confirmed in sources found |
| Player of the match | — not identified in sources found |
Match report
Played at Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble. Great Britain led 5-2 at halftime and controlled the match to win 13-4, their second pool win of the tournament, keeping the Lions on course for the final. France made three changes from their previous pool match. Great Britain's captain Clive Sullivan scored one of the Lions' three tries, with Phil Lowe crossing twice; Terry Clawson kicked both of his conversions.
France's four points came entirely from individual goals by winger Jean-Marie Bonal and second-rower Victor Serrano; France did not register a try.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 13–13 Great Britain
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (Final): Great Britain 16–12 France
- 1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 5–23 Great Britain
- 1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 33–7 France
- 1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 7–2 Great Britain
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 6–0 France
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 4–23 Great Britain
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 10–10 Great Britain
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 52–4 France
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 10–45 Great Britain
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): Great Britain 36–0 France