1979 European Rugby League Championship

The 1979 European Rugby League Championship was a three-way tournament between the national rugby league football teams of England, France and Wales.

1979 (1979) European Championship  ()
Number of teams	3
Winner	England (10th title)
Matches played	3
Tournaments  < 1978 1980 >

Squads

Source:

France

• Guy Alard
• Jean-Marc Bourret
• Delphin Castanon
• Henri Daniel
• Jean-Marc Gonzalès
• Didier Hermet
• Guy Laforgue
• Christian Laumond
• Michel Maïque
• André Malacamp
• José Moya
• Michel Naudo
• Jean-Pierre Siré
• Alain Touchagues
• Francis Tranier
• Éric Waligunda
• Charles Zalduendo

England

• Michael Adams
• Barry Banks
• Harry Beverley
• Steve Evans
• Peter Glynn
• Jeff Grayshon
• Phil Hogan
• Eric Hughes
• Ken Kelly
• Graham Liptrot
• Brian Lockwood
• Thomas Martyn
• Keith Mumby
• Alan Redfearn
• Kevin Smyth
• Keith Smith
• Gary Stephens
• Eddie Szymala
• Keith Tindall
• David Watkinson
• John Woods
• Stuart Wright

Wales

• John Bevan
• Harold Box
• Tommy Cunningham
• Bill Francis
• Mel James
• Graeme Johns
• Brian Juliff
• Roy Mathias
• Jim Mills
• Mick Murphy
• Mike Nicholas
• Paul Prendiville
• John Risman
• Peter Rowe
• Trevor Skerrett
• Clive Sullivan
• David Watkins
• Paul Woods

Venues

Warrington	Narbonne	Widnes
Wilderspool Stadium	Stade de l'Egassiarial, Narbonne	Naughton Park
Capacity: 9,200	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 13,000

Results

4 February

France	15 – 8	Wales
Tries:Jean-Marc Bourret Jean-Marc Gonzalès Francis Tranier Goals: José Moya (2) Field Goals: Jean-Marc Bourret Éric Waligunda		Tries: Peter Rowe Goals: David Watkins (2) Field Goals: David Watkins

Stade de l'Egassiarial, Narbonne Attendance: 13,726

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16 March

England	15–7	Wales

Naughton Park, Widnes Attendance: 5,099

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24 March

England	12–6	France

Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 5,004

Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
England	2	2	0	0	27	13	+14	4
France	2	1	0	1	21	20	+1	2
Wales	2	0	0	2	15	30	−15	0

• England win the tournament with two victories.