The team then met Papua New Guinea on Sunday 30 June 1991 in Rabaul, where they were beaten 28-24.
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In 1990 a Great Britain team including Shaun Edwards, Garry Schofield, Martin Offiah and Denis Betts were embarrassed by a 25-18 loss, which was France's first victory on English soil for 23 years.
France national rugby league team, often nicknamed les chanticleers, administered by Fédération Francaise de Rugby à XIII.
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He played three test matches later in the year, World Championship matches against France, England, and Wales.
Frédéric Banquet is a French former rugby football player who played professionally in France and England and represented his country at rugby league in the 1995 and 2000 World Cups.
Continued progress would see them again qualify for what would be their second consecutive World Cup in 2000 and leading into the tournament they were hopeful of gaining their first Cup win after being drawn into an easier yet still competitive group with France, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
Born in Samoa, this qualified him for the New Zealand Māori side under the rules at the time and he played for them twice, in 1964 when they defeated France 7-5 and in 1968 against NSW Country.
Two of Samoa's 2008 Rugby League World Cup matches were played at CUA Stadium: their Group C game against Tonga and their 9th place play-off match against France.