Great Britain Lions Lions Head to Doncaster
By BAFA
Oct 21, 2023 - 4:08:49 PM
The GB Lions will be playing the French
National Team at the Keepmoat,
Doncaster on
Saturday 14th November with a 5.00pm kick-off (tbc)
This game forms part of the continuing
build up to next years European Championship in Frankfurt
Germany; and is the return fixture in the two
game series that started with GB winning in
France 13 – 7 last November.
GB Lions Head Coach, Riq Ayub said,
‘We
have a very good relationship with the French National Programme and both Teams
are looking forward to locking horns again. We see this as an important step in
building upon the recent Tri-Nations Tournament in July and it gives us the
potential to look at a few new faces in a testing game situation. The French
are always difficult opponents and will be looking for a win on British soil’
The Doncaster Mustangs, whose home pitch is
being used for the game, are helping to stage this important fixture in the
Lions calendar.
BAFA Chairman, Gary Marshall, said,
‘We are
delighted to have this game in Doncaster and
we are working closely with the Mustangs who are acting as game day hosts for
us.They are helping the Lions with
local organisation and game day management and Mark Blyth, who headed up the
recent successful Britbowl organising team, is lending us his expertise’
Coach Ayub added,
‘We hope that people will
come out to support the Lions in this game which is sure to be a hard fought
affair.’
Admission on the day is £5.00 for adults;
£2.50 for U.18; and £10.00 for a family (2 adults and child/children).