Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe
{{Infobox football match
| title = Four Home Unions XV v Rest of Europe XV
| image = ProgrammeApril1990FourHomeUnionsVsRestOfEurope.png
| event = The Skilball Trophy
| team1 = Four Home Unions XV
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| team1score = 43
| team2 = Rest of Europe
| team2association =
| team2score = 18
| details =
| date = 22 April 1990
| stadium = Twickenham Stadium
| city = London
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Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe was a rugby union match played in 1990 to raise money for the rebuilding of Romania following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989. {{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/grand-slam-men-overlooked-only-four-scots-to-face-europe-xv-1.583309|title=Grand Slam men overlooked. Only four Scots to face Europe XV|first=Bill|last=McMurtrie|date=3 April 1990|access-date=24 February 2013|publisher=heraldscotland.com}} The Four Home Unions team's logo was that used by the British & Irish Lions. The Rest of Europe played under the badge of the Romanian Rugby Federation. The match was played at Twickenham, and the Four Home Unions won the match 43–18 with England captain Will Carling scoring two tries. The winners were awarded The Skilball Trophy.
Teams
=Four Home Unions=
- A G Hastings {{ru|Scotland}}
- A G Stanger {{ru|Scotland}}
- W D C Carling {{ru|England}}
- J C Guscott {{ru|England}}
- R Underwood {{ru|England}}
- C R Andrew {{ru|England}}
- R J Hill {{ru|England}}
- D M B Sole {{ru|Scotland}}
- B C Moore {{ru|England}}
- M Griffiths {{ru|Wales}}
- P J Ackford {{ru|England}}
- N P Francis {{ru|Ireland}}
- J Jeffrey {{ru|Scotland}}
- P J Winterbottom {{ru|England}}
- N P Mannion {{ru|Ireland}}
- Replacements
- C H Chalmers {{ru|Scotland}}
- S M Bates {{ru|England}}
- J A Probyn {{ru|England}}
- K S Milne {{ru|Scotland}}
- D J Turnbull {{ru|Scotland}}
- D F Cronin in teamsheet {{ru|Scotland}}
=Rest of Europe=
- M Toader {{ru|Romania}}
- M Dancla {{ru|France}} (uncapped)
- G Danglade {{ru|France}} (uncapped)
- N Fulina {{ru|Romania}}
- P Lagisquet {{ru|France}}
- P Capitani {{ru|France}} (uncapped)
- A Hueber {{ru|France}} (uncapped although later capped for France)
- M Pujolle {{ru|France}}
- P Dintrans {{ru|France}}
- G Rossi {{ru|Italy}}
- M Cécillon {{ru|France}}
- S Ciorascu {{ru|Romania}}
- T Janeczek {{ru|France}}
- H Dumitras {{ru|Romania}}
- A Tichonov {{ru|Soviet Union}}
- Replacements
- L Armary {{ru|France}}
- P T Capdevielle {{ru|France}}
- K Tapper {{ru|Sweden}}
- F Torossian {{ru|France}}
- F Gaetaniello {{ru|Italy}}
- I Mironov {{ru|Soviet Union}}
- J Moreno {{ru|Spain}}
Notes
{{reflist}}
{{1990 Four Home Unions squad}}
{{British & Irish Lions}}
Category:British & Irish Lions matches
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