France v Hawke’s Bay 1968

FRANCE v HAWKES BAY

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CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME

Today will mark the first occasion that a French International team has met our Hawke’s Bay team.

To the French team, its Manager, Monsieur Jean-Claude Bourrier and its Assistant Manager, Monsieur Andre Garrigue, the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union and the people of Hawke’s Bay extend a very warm welcome.

We have watched with great interest the tremendous progress made by the French teams and the great impact France has had on world Rugby over recent years.

The winning of the Five-Nation European Rugby Championship over the past two years by the French team is a wonderful achievement.

We hope the French team will enjoy its stay with us. To the Team Manager, Assistant Manager, Captain and every member of the team go our very best wishes for a great game today played in the true Rugby spirit.

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THE 1968 FRENCH TEAM

P. Villepreux (Full-back)   C. Lacaze (Full-back)   A. Campaes (Wing)   J. M. Bonal (Wing)

P. Besson (Wing)   A. Piazza (Wing)   C. Dourthe (Centre)   J. Trillo (Centre)

J. Maso (Centre)   J. P. Lux (Centre)   C. Boujet (Fly-half)   J. Andrieu (Fly-half)

M. Puget (Half-back)   J. L. Berot (Half-back)   W. Spanghero (No. 8)   M. Greffe (No. 8)

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MORE OF THE 1968 FRENCH TEAM

M. Billeres (No. 8)   J. Salut (Flanker)   C. Carrere (Flanker)   C. Chenevay (Flanker)

B. Dutin (Flanker)   A. Plantefol (Lock)   E. Cester (Lock)   D.[B] Dauga (Lock)

J. M. Esponda (Prop)   M. Laserre (Prop)   J. Iracabal (Prop)   C. C.[J. C.] Noble (Prop)

M. Yachvilli [Yachvili] (Hooker)   J. P. Baux (Hooker) H. Foures (Selector)   A. Garrigue) (Assistant manager)

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Visitors’ Profiles

Ten of the 30 French Rugby tourists have played against the All Blacks in a Test before the present tour.

Nine of them appeared against Brian Lochore’s team in Paris last year. but the 10th, full-back Claude Lacaze played in two of the three Tests in New Zealand in 1961.

Lacaze is the only survivor of that team to make a return visit.

Heaviest forward in the party is No. 5 Walter Spanghero at 15st 10lb. Tallest is lock Benoit Dauga (6ft 4¾in).

Team “babies” are winger Jean Bonal and half-back Jean Berot – both 2l.

Here are profiles of the tourists:

FULL-BACKS

Pierre Villepreux: 25 years old, student, four Tests, height 5ft 9½in, weight 12st 1lb. After a brilliant start in the French XV he suffered a serious chest injury in the Test match against the All Blacks in Paris last year. Now fully recovered. An obstinate defender, very sure in his positioning: and good goalkicker. Villepreux is a talented attacking full-back.

Claude Lacaze: 25, 27 caps, 5ft. 7in, llst 7lb. Younger brother of the well-known Pierre Lacaze who moved to Rugby League, Lacaze does not tackle so well as Villepreux, but he is a much better attacking player. Lacaze is a businessman.

WINGERS

Andre Campaes: 24, bank employee, six Tests, 5ft 10½in, 11st 13lb. The best French winger and one of the best in Europe, formed in the famous Lourdes School. A remarkable technician, quick and clever, he scored a try against the All Blacks in Paris, which was a model of its kind.

Jean Marie Banal: 25, three Tests, physical education teacher, 5ft 9½in, 12st 8lb. His selection in the five-nations tournament matches was one of the surprises of the season. But this strong winger showed the selectors were justified. A good defender, fast and handy.

Pierre Besson: 28, four Tests, physical education teacher. 5ft. 7½in, 11st 4lb. An excellent player who has not appeared in a French side since 1965. Fast and clever, a good defender, Besson is a player who lacks genius, but who always turns in a solid performance.

Andre Piazza: 21, soldier. 5ft 10in. 12st 1lb. Has yet to play for France, although his name has often been mooted. Fast, clever, determined, making great progress technically.

CENTRES

Claude Dourthe: 21, 10 Tests. 5ft 7in, 11st, dentistry student. A severe shoulder injury kept him off the playing field for two months this last season, during which time he found his form again. Temperamentally an attacker, and is one aof the pivots of the French backline.

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Visitors’ Profiles

Jean Trillo, 24, seven Tests, 5ft l0½in, 12st 8lb, student. Proved his worth during the last close season tour in South Africa. A solid and complete attacker, his defence is equally good. Fast and bold.

Joseph Maso: 24, three Tests, salesman, 5ft 10in, 12st 81b. The most talented of all the French backs, his style has been inspired by the teaching of the Boniface brothers. Very good tackler and a fast and incisive runner, he is considered the best attacking player of his generation by French Rugby writers.

Jean Pierre Lux: 22, eight Tests, 5ft 9½in, 11st 7lb, student. Another very gifted attacking player, speedy, wily, with a very full knowledge of the game and a formidable side-step. His defensive play is not up to the standard of his attacking gifts.

FLY HALVES

Christian Boujet: 26, student, 5ft 9½in, 12st 3lb. The fine performance of his club in the French championship brought Boujet, much talked about four years ago, back into the limelight. He has no caps, but he has plenty of talent based on a sober and solid game, and remarkable defensive kicking.

Jean Andrieu: 26, 5ft 11in. 12st 3lb, medical student. No caps before the tour, Andrieu, who is the team doctor, has a deadly drop-kick and, although he lacks pace in attack, he compensates for this deficiency by a fine appreciation of the game and a formidable talent for kicking.

HALF-BACKS

Marcel Puget: 28, seven Tests, 5ft 5in, 10st 5lb. Despite his small size, Puget tackles well. He has plenty of speed and is always ready to attack. The leader of his home team, he knows how to control the forwards.

Jean Louis Berot: 21, student. 5ft 7in, 11st 7lb. The great unknown quantity in the touring party. Has only been playing half-back for a few months. Kicks well, has plenty of temperament and punch.

BACK ROW

Walter Spanghero: 25, 27 Tests, 6ft 1½in, 15st 10lb. The best French forward, Spanghero covers an enormous amount of ground. Fast, hard to stop, a fine technician, his temperament carries him on to perform seemingly impossible feats. This genial giant, who runs like a three-quarter, is a forward of exceptional class.

Michel Greffe: 28, two Tests, 5ft 10in, 13st 7lb. His two Tests this season were well deserved, as Greffe is a very complete forward who tackles a lot and hard.

Michael Billeres: 25, pork butcher, 6ft 1in, 14st 7lb. Having progressed from a very small club, Billeres has definitely won his palms as a good player at Toulouse. Huge kick, a good taker of the ball in the line-out.

FLANKERS

Jean Salut: 25, four Tests, 5ft 9½in, 13st 12lb, businessman. Can play as well forward as in the backs. Very quick on his feet, he relies heavily on his startling acceleration and high speed. His tackling is very hard. He brings a great attacking temperament to the French XV.

Christian Carrere: 25, captain, 15 Tests, businessman, 6ft 0½in, 13st 9lb. A fine fighting forward who never gives up in defence. The complete player, unanimously acclaimed.

Claude Chenevay, 25, foreman, 5ft 11in, 13st 11lb. A wing forward with a wide range of action. More talented in defence than attack, Chenevay is a conscientious and direct player yet to play in a Test.

Bernard Dutin: 24, 6ft 0½in, 15st 6lb, no Tests. Dutin made a name for himself this season with his club play, and his selection was greeted with great satisfaction. A very good jumper in the lineout, Dutin should consolidate his position during this difficult tour.

LOCKS

Alain Plantefol: 26, six Tests, 6ft 4in, 15st 4lb. Confirmed his talent as a complete forward this year. Capable of outstanding play in the loose and in forward rushes. Remarkable lineout specialist, Plantefol is one of the keystones in the French pack.

Elie Cester, 26, 10 Tests, 6ft 3½in, 15st 6lb. A fine fighting forward, mobile, overflowing with vitality and dynamic play.

Bendit [Benoit] Dauga: 25, 31 Tests, businessman, 6ft 4¾in, 15st 4lb. The tallest of the French forwards and the best jumper in the lineout. A fine handler of the ball in the open, his form this season dropped off which cost him his place in the five-nations tournament. But he played himself out of the bad patch to appear better than ever.

Jean Claude Noble: 24, four Tests, draughtsman, 5ft 11½in, 15st. When the French selectors wanted to bring new blood into the French pack they turned to Noble, a decision they have not regretted. Has swiftly made his mark as a complete forward, disciplined and dynamic.

PROPS

Jean Michel Esponda: 25, two Tests, 5ft 11½in, 15st. A prop with the speed of a three-quarter who is never so much at home in a game where the French are attacking at every opportunity. Solid and incisive.

Michel Lasserre: 28, four Tests, forwarding agent, 6ft 1in, 15st 10lb. The South African tour brought out the fine talent of this solid, direct forward who can take a lot of punishment. Excellent handler of the ball in attack.

Jean Iracabal: 27, no Tests, Driver, 5ft 7in, 15st 10lb. A ball of bone and muscle, no one expected to see him play at this level, and his selection was a great surprise.

HOOKERS

Michel Yachvili: 22, three Tests, 5ft 9in. 14st 2lb. Plays wing forward for his own club, which means he can both attack and tackle. A fine ball player with a great future before him. Not a first-class hooker.

Jean Paul Baux: 22, no Tests, 5ft 8in, 15st 5lb. He was the revelation of the France B game with the All Blacks at Toulouse during the New Zealanders’ tour of France last season. A baker by profession and a man of the mountains, he is a hooker of quality, very strong and a hard player.

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FRANCE
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29   P. Villepreux
21   A. Campaes   26   J. Trillo   27   J. Maso   22   J.-M. Bonal
30   C. Lacaze
17   M. Puget
10   W. Spanghero
16   C. Chenevay   11   M. Greffe
9   B. Dauga   8   E. Cester
5   M. Lasserre   2   J.-P. Baux   6   J. Iracabal

Reserves. – 1   M. Yachvili, 12   B. Dutin, 18   J.-L. Berot, 25   C. Dourthe.

HAWKE’S BAY
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15   I. Bishop
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8   T. Johnson
7   G. Condon   6   K. Tremain
5   K. Crawford   4   R. Abel
3   N. Thimbleby   2   A. Meech   1   H. Meech

Reserves – 16   M. Thomas, 17   J. Dougan, 18   R. Hunt, 19   J. Brownlie.

Referee: Mr P. McDAVITT (Wellington)

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PARIS THRILLER

France and New Zealand have played nine Tests of which eight have been won by the All Blacks. France’s only victory was in 1954 when it downed Bob Stuart’s team 3-0 at Paris. In the two previous encounters Dave Gallaher’s team won 38-8 at Paris in 1906 and Cliff Porter’s team won 30-6 at Toulouse in 1925.

Even in 1954 France was not considered to be a major force in international Rugby although there had been some notable victories in the past.

But this match was to be one of the great wins achieved by “aggressive defence.” As one French journalist saw it:

AN EXPLOIT

“To beat a national touring team is always an exploit. Though enthusiastically applauded, France’s conquering of the Wallabies (13-4) in 1948 was given limited importance, for the tourists had made no deep impression.

“The visit of Bob Stuart’s All Blacks was another thing. Of their 28 games in the British Isles they had lost only two (to Cardiff and Wales). They had scored a total of 417 points to 102.

“Venerable fans had seen the 1906 and 1925 games and in Toulouse they still talk of George Nepia.

“There were the Maoris of W. Barclay who in 1926 mastered France 12-3 in Paris, and the Kiwis of Major Charlie Saxton who in 1946 bent France 14-9 in Paris and 13-10 in Toulouse.

“How would the Tricolours shape up against the chosen exponents of New Zealand’s renowned Rugby this February 27 1954?

ALL IN VAIN

“A match of unsurpassably rich play. A feast. But also a paradoxical match. Won ‘without the ball’ by a team forced to defend.

“Lost by a team that monopolised the ball; that made nearly all the play; that gave a demonstration in all departments; yet which failed in the face of the Tricolours’ defence.

“The All Blacks won the ball from the lineouts and from the scrums. Their forwards advanced by short passes or with the ball at their feet. But in vain.

“Their backs tried everything: classic moves, reverse passing, cross kicks, subtle follow up kicks, long kicks destined for wing three-quarters into open spaces.

“Full-back Bob Scott launched counter-attack after counter-attack; left his post to join in his threequarters’ offensives. All in vain.

“After each of the All Blacks’ numerous attacks the turf was dotted with black jerseyed and blue jerseyed figures as though machine guns had mown them down.

“BLACK WAVES”

“Thirty times, 40 times, we saw that. The crowd exulted. The Tricolours had chests but of the ‘black tidal waves’ from first to last. They even threatened the All Blacks’ line in the closing minutes.

“That try scored in the thirty-fifth minute … Henri Domec and Lucien Mias (the captain) hustled scrum half Keith Davis from whom the ball escaped.

“Robert Baulon picked up and flanked by hooker Paul Labadie and Jean Prat galloped along near the touchline. Baulon got the All Blacks guessing by feinting to pass to the right then to the left.

“Finally he passed to Jean Prat who went over and had three opponents on his back when he touched down. A try in the grand style, crowning a movement that covered 45 yards.”

Rugby Terms

Professor E. J. Boyd-Wilson, who acted as interpreter for the 1961 France tour of this country, says he found Rugby terms reasonably easy in French as most were either English words – le Rugby or direct translations – the forwards were “avants”.

But some difficulty was experienced with the English word “tighthead” which came across literally in the French as the mouthful “winning the ball when the other side puts it in.”

But in some instances French had it over the English when they could simply call an “up and under” kick “un up.”

– The interpreter for this year’s tour is Jean Pierre Bourbeillon (29) a French wool-buyer in Wellington who has been in New Zealand five years and speaks excellent English.

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Early Days of French Rugby

The first game of Rugby to be played in France was in 1877 and this between clubs formed by British residents living in Paris.

Although this was far from being a start to Rugby for the French people themselves, the new game quickly took hold and eight years later the Paris Club travelled to Britain.

Reciprocal club visits continued and by the turn of the century French Rugby was in good heart and in 1905-06 the newly-formed Federation Francaise decided on its first venture into International competition.

Their success in this international debut was a far cry from their successes of recent years and they were soundly beaten by England, 35-8.

A number of international matches continued to be played but it was not until 1919-1920 when they defeated Ireland 15-7.

In the following season, France beat Scotland and in 1925-27 came the first defeat of England by France.

This was followed by a win over Wales in the 1927-28 season but in 1931 French Rugby received a blow when the Homes Unions barred play with France or French clubs “until the game has been placed on a satisfactory basis in all essentials.”

The trouble apparently arose out of the fiercely competitive nature of French Rugby. There were incidents of rough play and questions of professionalism involved.

Steps were taken to improve the game in France but the intervention of World War 11 prevented the re-entry of France into international competition in 1946-47.

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SHORT HISTORY OF THE REPLACEMENT LAW

The International Rugby Board, before its recent amendment, had given New Zealand a dispensation to replace injured players except in matches against teams from other countries.

The dispensation came into force here in 1932 by the rescision [rescission] of an international Board injunction, then operative in New Zealand, prohibiting the replacement of injured players in any match in New Zealand.

In the first series of Otago Rugby Union senior championship matches of 1933, one team had four players carried off injured and, of course, the match became a farce.

During the following week the Otago Union announced that it would no longer obey the injunction and that it had the unanimous support of its players, who would all join a breakaway union should the New Zealand Union dispute its decision.

The particular circumstances of a team being forced to play with eleven men against fifteen, and the general antipathy of New Zealanders to the international rule prompted the New Zealand Union to take no action in the matter and, by the middle of the 1933 season, replacement was practically universal again in New Zealand, as union after union followed the Otago lead.

There are reasonable arguments both for and against the replacement of injured players: New Zealanders claimed that a team fourteen or fewer men was obviously handicapped and that non-replacement may cause a badly injured man to stay on the field: others maintained that a team was obviously handicapped when its opponents bring on a player in fresh condition, and that this would prompt the unscrupulous to replace uninjured men.

It is an interesting fact that in three Test matches in which the New Zealand team lost an injured man the fourteen survivors emerged the winners.

In the first Test against South Africa at Athletic Park in 1937, D. G. Cobden retired during the first twenty minutes of play; at Athletic Park in 1950, J. Simpson and R. Elvidge retired injured during the first half of the match against British Isles: Elvidge returned during the second half.

Early in the second half of the fourth Test against South Africa at Eden Park in 1956, R. Jarden left the field injured; he returned ten minutes later to see the game out as a roving back unable to handle the ball. Before the end at the match “Tiny” White left the field injured and did not return.

The 1965 season at Eden Park saw a “farce” when the New Zealand University team ended its match against South Africa with twelve men after M. Williment, C. R. Laidlaw and I. N. Uttley had been taken all injured, and the forwards had been reduced to five.

Earlier, at Eden Park, the South Africans lost their scrum half, D. J. de Villiers, after he had collided with the Auckland full-back, W. A. Davies, just before half-time.

De Villiers did not return, but Davies played on with such heavy concussion that he remembered little of the match thereafter.

The Game in Holland

There are fourteen Rugby clubs in Holland, mainly in the west of the country, and the game is increasing in popularity. These clubs between them field twenty-two teams, which play in three leagues, with seven teams in the first and third leagues and eight in the second.

A team which plays consistently well or badly may be promoted or relegated, but this is not a hard and fast rule.

There are about 500 players in all, including a number of non-Dutch, most of them British, from whom the home players are still learning.

Every year the season opens with a tournament at The Hague on the first Sunday in September, and nearly all the Dutch teams take part. A week later the league games begin and continue until March, but as there are not enough sides for a league game every week, clubs often invite foreign fifteens to play friendly games.

At Easter,  teams from abroad – chiefly Britain – visit Holland to play against the various clubs.

The season ends in the middle of May with an open seven-a-side tournament, which has been won by Paris University Club for the last three years.

With the game having such a minority interest in Holland, finances are not too strong, and players who represented their country in the Coup des Nations in Czechoslovakia had to pay part of their own fares.

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1961 Tour

When France toured New Zealand in 1961 it played 13 games for 6 wins and 7 losses. They scored 32 tries, 51 conversions, 4 penalty goals and 8 dropped goals for 150 points.

Their opponents scored 18 tries, 13 conversions, 20 penalty goals and 3 dropped goals for 149 points.

Results of the 13 matches:

Beat Nelson-Marlborough-Golden Motueka, 29-11.
Beat Taranaki, 11-9.
Lost to Waikato, 3-22.
Lost to North Auckland, 6-8.
Lost to New Zealand, 6-13.
Beat Bay of Plenty, 22-9.
Lost to New Zealand Maoris, 3-5.
Beat Manawatu, 21-6.
Lost to New Zealand, 3-5.
Beat Southland, 14-6.
Beat Otago 15-6.
Lost to South Canterbury, 14-17.
Lost to New Zealand, 3-32.

12 Games on Tour

The French Rugby team plays 12 games including three Tests, in this year’s short tour of New Zealand.

The itinerary is: –

July 3: v. Marlborough, at Blenheim, 19-24.
July 6: v. Otago, at Dunedin, 12-6.
July 9: v. Southland, at Invercargill, 8-6.
July 13: v. NEW ZEALAND, at Christchurch.
July 17: v. Taranaki, at New Plymouth.
July 20: v. Hawke’s Bay, at Napier.
July 23: v. Manawatu, at Palmerston N.
July 27: v. NEW ZEALAND, at Wellington
July 31: v King Country, at Taumarunui.
Aug. 3: v. North Auckland, at Whangarei.
Aug. 6: v. Waikato, at Hamilton.
Aug. 10: v. NEW ZEALAND, at Auckland.

A massive English forward, having been bitten in a fierce maul, seized the diminutive Irish scrum-half by the scruff of the neck and shook him as a dog shakes a rat, exclaiming, “What the hell do you mean by biting me?”

Looking up, the scared little Irishman replied: “How the devil can I bite you, now, when my teeth are in the pavilion?”

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“MONSIEUR LE DROP”

Dropped goals have been a specialty of the French. On this scoring method they based their greatest Rugby achievement: defeat of the Springboks in a Test series in South Africa.

And only one Rugby player has become known internationally as “Mr Drop” – the Frenchman. Pierre Albaladejo. He earned his knickname [nickname] by dropping three goals in France’s 23-6 win over Ireland in 1960.

“Monsieur le Drop” put over two dropped goals in the first Test of the 1961 series to give France a 6-5 lead at half-time against the All Blacks. But New Zealand went on in win 13-6.

And since 1961 France has gone on recover the ground it lost since that year.

Although the Springboks avenged themselves last year in South Africa, this year France achieved its first grand slam in the five-nations’ championship.

Albaladejo is seen (pictured) in a typical pose during play in the 1961 match at McLean Park, Napier, against the New Zealand Maoris. Moving across is the All Black Waka Nathan.

The New Zealand Maori team defeated France by 5 points to 3 with P. S. R. Ransley scoring a try, converted by Muru Walters. France’s points came from a try by their captain, Francois Moncla.

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Hawke’s Bay Match Record (1968)

JUNE –
3 – v. Wairarapa (Hastings)   17   6
22 – v. Waikato (Hamilton)   15   14
29 – v. Bush* (Napier)   36   6

JULY –
6 – v. East Coast* (Napier)   31  0
13 – v. Wairarapa (Masterton)   6   0
20 – v. France (Napier)
23 – v. Taranaki (New Plymouth)

AUGUST –
3 – v. Poverty Bay* (Napier)
7 – v. Canterbury (Christchurch)
10 – v. South Canterbury (Timaru)
14 – v. Otago (Dunedin)
17 -v. Southland (Invercargill)
24 -v. Marlborough* (Napier)
31 – v. Manawatu (Palmerston N.)

SEPTEMBER –
7 – v. Counties* (Napier)
14 – v. Wellington (Wellington)
21 – v. Bay of Plenty* (Napier)
28 – v. Auckland* (Napier)

Total Points   105   26

* Denotes Ranfurly Shield defence.

Played 5   Won 5
Lost –   Drawn –

Hawke’s Bay Points Scorers This Season

P.   T.   C.   D.G.    Pts.
I. R. Bishop 11 –   6   –   45
W. L. Davis – 4   –   –   12
G. A. Condon – 3   –   –   9
B. D. Furlong – 1   –   2   9
T. W. Johnson – 3   –   –   9
M. G. Duncan – 3   –   –   9
D. G. Curtis – 2   –   –   6
K. R. Tremain – 1   –   –   3
K. K. Crawford – 1   –   –   3
Totals   11   18   6   2   105

Rep. Matches Today And Next Week

Today: Buller v. West Coast, at Greymouth; King Country v. Thames Valley, at King Country; Southland v. Mid-Canterbury, at Invercargill; Marlborough v. Golden Bay-Motueka, at Motueka (Seddon Shield).

Tuesday: France v. Manawatu, at Palmerston North; Hawke’s Bay v. Taranaki, at Taranaki; King Country v. Wairarapa, at Taumarunui.

Wednesday: Waikato v. Thames Valley, at Hamilton; Canterbury v Mid-Canterbury, at Ashburton.

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