The Skilball Trophy was contested in 1990 by a team titled the "Four Home Unions" against a team titled the "Rest of Europe XV". This was a match to raise money for the rebuilding of Romania following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceauşescu

Nicolae Ceausescu

Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...

 in December 1989. The Four Nations team's logo was that used by the British and Irish Lions

British and Irish Lions

The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...

, i.e. the crests of the four home unions united in a shield. The Rest of Europe played under the symbol of the Federaţia Română de Rugby

Federatia Româna de Rugby

The Romanian Rugby Federation is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania.It is registered with the IRB under their English name and only use their Romanian name inside Romania.They have 7,000 members and 80 clubs.-History:...

.

Four Home Unions

• D M B Sole
  David Sole
  David Sole is a former Scottish rugby union footballer. He was educated at Blairmore prep school and Glenalmond College, a private school in Perthshire....
  
   
• A G Hastings
  Gavin Hastings
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• A G Stanger
  Tony Stanger
  Anthony George Stanger is a former Scottish international rugby union player, and is Scotland's joint record try scorer....
  
   
• W D C Carling
  Will Carling
  William David Charles Carling, OBE is a former Rugby union player for Harlequins, and a former captain of England from 1988 to 1996, winning 72 caps.-Early life:...
  
   
• J C Guscott
  Jeremy Guscott
  Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing....
  
   
• R Underwood
  Rory Underwood
  Rory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot....
  
   
• C R Andrew
  Rob Andrew
  Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE , nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and currently Director of Operations at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons. As a player, Andrew was assured in his kicking and defensive skills off both feet...
  
   
• R J Hill
  Richard Hill (scrum-half)
  Richard Hill , is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.-Biography:Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School in Salisbury, and Exeter University...
  
   
• B C Moore 
• M Griffiths
  Mike Griffiths
  Michael "Mike" Griffiths is a former Welsh rugby union player and British Lion, currently coaching Ystrad Rhondda RFC in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 2 East. He plied his trade with Pontypridd RFC between 1997 and 2003, making 73 appearances.Griffiths's father is George Griffiths, a builder, and...
  
   
• P J Ackford
  Paul Ackford
  Paul Ackford is a former English rugby union international who played lock forward. He was formerly an inspector in the Metropolitan Police, and is now a journalist.Ackford was born in Hanover, West Germany...
  
   in bio
• D F Cronin
  Damian Cronin
  Damian Cronin is a former Scotland rugby union rugby player who represented London Scottish FC. He is an alumnus of Prior Park College.Playing in the second row, he was part of the Grand Slam winning side in 1990...
  
   in teamsheet
• N P Francis 
• J Jeffrey
  John Jeffrey
  John Jeffrey is a Scottish former internationalistrugby union player. His nicknames are "The Great White Shark" and "JJ", the former because of his blond "thatch of hair"....
  
   
• P J Winterbottom
  Peter Winterbottom
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• N P Mannion 

• Replacements
  • TBA
  • C H Chalmers
    Craig Chalmers
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  • S M Bates
    Steve Bates
    Steve Bates is a former English rugby union player and current rugby coach. He played at scrum-half for London Wasps, where he formed a successful partnership with fly-half Rob Andrew...
    
     
  • J A Probyn
    Jeff Probyn
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  • K S Milne 
  • D J Turnbull 

Rest of Europe

• M Toader
• M Dancla France (uncapped)
• G Danglade France (uncapped)
• N Fulina
• P Lagisquet
• B Capitani France (uncapped) in team sheet, not bios
• P Favre France (uncapped) in bios, not team sheet
• A Hueber France (uncapped although later capped for France)
• M Pujolle
• P Dintrans
• G Rossi
• M Cecillon
• S Ciorascu
• T Janeczek
• H Dumitras
• A Tichonov
  Alexandre Tichonov
  Alexandre Tichonov is a former rugby union international who represented the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s. He had the distinction of being asked to play for the Barbarians on their Easter 1990 tour of Wales and was one of two Soviet players, along with Igor Mironov to play in the Rest...
  
  

• Replacements
  • L Armary
  • P Capdevielle
  • K Tapper
  • F Torossian
  • F Gaetaniello
  • I Mironov
  • J Moreno