The 1980 European Rugby League Championship was the 21st edition of the Rugby League European Championship, a rugby league tournament that took place in Europe. The tournament saw the same three teams that competed in the previous edition in 1979.
The format was a single round-robin format, with the matches being played between January and March 1980. After the three matches were played, England took out their 11th title by defeating the other two opponents in France and Wales.
Venues Hull Narbonne Widnes Boothferry Park, Hull Stade de l'Egassiarial, Narbonne Naughton Park Capacity: 15,160 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 13,000
Squads Source: France Jean-Paul Baile (Carcassonne) Jean-Marc Bourrel (Carcassonne) Delphin Castanon (Lézignan) Max Chantal (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) Henri Daniel (Pia) José Giné (Roanne) Jean-Marc Gonzalès (Limoux) Ivan Grésèque (XIII Catalan) Jacques Guigue (Avignon) Didier Hermet (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) Christian Laumond (Villfranche) Christian Macalli (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) André Malacamp (Carcassonne) Michel Mazaré (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) Michel Naudo (Pia) Marcel Pillon (Saint-Estève) Sébastien Rodriguez (Toulouse) Joël Roosebrouck (Villeneuve-sur-Lot) (Captain) Francis Tranier (Villefranche) Charles Zalduendo (Toulouse)
England Len Casey Des Drummond Steve Evans George Fairbairn (Captain) Peter Gorley Jeff Grayshon Neil Holding Roy Holdstock John Joyner Harry Pinner Keith Rayne Alan Redfearn Peter Smith Mike Smith David Ward John Woods Stuart Wright
Wales John Bevan (Captain) Harold Box Chris Camilleri Steve Diamond Colin Dixon Clive Griffiths Mel James Brian Juliff Roy Mathias Mark McJennett Donald Parry Paul Prendiville Chris Seldon Glyn Shaw Trevor Skerrett Graham Walters Paul Woods
Results
Final standings Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff Points 2 2 0 0 30 11 +19 4 2 1 0 1 23 11 +12 2 2 0 0 2 16 47 −31 0
References
External links Results for the 1980 European Championship at RSSSF