Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe

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. ^[1] 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.

Four Home Unions XV v Rest of Europe XV

Event	The Skilball Trophy
Four Home Unions XV Rest of Europe 43 18
Date	22 April 1990
Venue	Twickenham Stadium, London

Teams

Four Home Unions

• 15. Gavin Hastings  Scotland
• 14. Tony Stanger  Scotland
• 13. Will Carling  England
• 12. Jeremy Guscott  England
• 11. Rory Underwood  England
• 10. Rob Andrew  England
• 9. Richard Hill  England
• 1. David Sole  Scotland
• 2. Brian Moore  England
• 3. Mike Griffiths  Wales
• 4. Paul Ackford  England
• 5. Neil Francis  Ireland
• 6. John Jeffrey  Scotland
• 7. Peter Winterbottom  England
• 8. Noel Mannion  Ireland
• Replacements
  • C H Chalmers  Scotland
  • S M Bates  England
  • J A Probyn  England
  • K S Milne  Scotland
  • D J Turnbull  Scotland
• D F Cronin in teamsheet  Scotland

Rest of Europe

• M Toader  Romania
• M Dancla  France (uncapped)
• G Danglade  France (uncapped)
• N Fulina  Romania
• P Lagisquet  France
• P Capitani  France (uncapped)
• A Hueber  France (uncapped although later capped for France)
• M Pujolle  France
• P Dintrans  France
• G Rossi  Italy
• M Cécillon  France
• S Ciorascu  Romania
• T Janeczek  France
• H Dumitras  Romania
• A Tichonov  Soviet Union
• Replacements
  • L Armary  France
  • P T Capdevielle  France
  • K Tapper  Sweden
  • F Torossian  France
  • F Gaetaniello  Italy
  • I Mironov  Soviet Union
  • J Moreno  Spain