The Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV was a rugby union match played on Saturday, 19 April 1986 to commemorate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board. The Five Nations XV featured players from England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales who had played in the 1986 Five Nations Championship. The Overseas Unions XV was effectively a World XV and featured players from Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Overseas Unions XV won the match 32–15. [1][2] Controversially, the squad included a number of white South Africans at a time when the relationship of rugby union and apartheid was being questioned at high levels.
Unlike the British Lions v World XV three days earlier in a wet Cardiff Arms Park, this game was played in ideal conditions at Twickenham.[3] At the time, there were only eight Unions affiliated to the Board, thus only players from those unions were chosen.
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five, nations, overseas, unions, rugby, union, match, played, saturday, april, 1986, commemorate, centenary, international, rugby, football, board, five, nations, featured, players, from, england, france, ireland, scotland, wales, played, 1986, five, nations, . The Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV was a rugby union match played on Saturday 19 April 1986 to commemorate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board The Five Nations XV featured players from England France Ireland Scotland and Wales who had played in the 1986 Five Nations Championship The Overseas Unions XV was effectively a World XV and featured players from Australia New Zealand and South Africa The Overseas Unions XV won the match 32 15 1 2 Controversially the squad included a number of white South Africans at a time when the relationship of rugby union and apartheid was being questioned at high levels Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XVEventIRFB CentenaryFive Nations XV Overseas Unions XV13 32Date19 April 1986VenueTwickenham Stadium LondonRefereeD I H Burnett Ireland The match EditUnlike the British Lions v World XV three days earlier in a wet Cardiff Arms Park this game was played in ideal conditions at Twickenham 3 At the time there were only eight Unions affiliated to the Board thus only players from those unions were chosen April 19 1986Five Nations XV13 32Overseas Unions XVTry Ringland 2 Con Blanco Penalty Goal KiernanTry Gerber 2 Kirwan du Plessis Rodriguez ShawCon Botha Penalty Goal Botha 2 Twickenham Stadium London Referee D I H Burnett Ireland Five Nations XV Serge Blanco France Trevor Ringland Ireland Philippe Sella France Mike Kiernan Ireland Rory Underwood England Malcolm Dacey Wales Richard Hill England Jeff Whitefoot Wales Steve Brain England Iain Milne Scotland Jean Condom France Donal Lenihan Ireland captain John Jeffrey Scotland Iain Paxton Scotland Laurent Rodriguez France Jacques Fouroux Coach Clive Rowlands Manager Overseas Unions XV Roger Gould Australia John Kirwan New Zealand Danie Gerber South Africa Warwick Taylor New Zealand Carel du Plessis South Africa Naas Botha South Africa Dave Loveridge New Zealand Enrique Rodriguez Australia A G Dalton New Zealand captain Flippie van der Merwe South Africa Steve Cutler Australia Andy Haden New Zealand Simon Poidevin Australia Steve Tuynman Australia Mark Shaw New Zealand Replacements Andrew Slack 4 not named in programme but Wayne Smith of New Zealand was Michael Lynagh 4 Nick Farr Jones 4 Murray Mexted 4 Schalk Burger 4 Flippie van der Merwe 4 named in starting line up in programme instead of Knight Tom Lawton 4 Brian Lochore New Zealand Coach Bob Templeton Australia Manager See also EditBritish Lions v World XV World XVReferences EditStarmer Smith Nigel ed Rugby A Way of Life An Illustrated History of Rugby Lennard Books 1986 ISBN 0 7126 2662 X Starmer Smith p184 image of programme Starmer Smith p186 Scrum com match summary a b c d e f g Jim Webster For Love Not Money The Simon Poidevin Story ABC 1 Jan 1990 ISBN 0733300499 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV amp oldid 1053910266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
