01
15 Mar 1986
Five Nations Championship
Parc des Princes, Paris
France
29–10
England
England lost
England men · Five Nations Championship
England
v France
15–19
Full time
England v France finished 15–19.
- England
- None
- France
- Philippe Sella, Eric Bonneval
- Date
- Saturday 21 February 1987 · England in 1987
- Venue
- Twickenham, London
- Competition
- Five Nations Championship
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Paul Rendall Prop Off in the 12'
- No. 2, Graham Dawe Hooker
- No. 3, Gary Pearce Prop
- No. 4, Wade Dooley Lock
- No. 5, Steve Bainbridge Lock
- No. 6, Peter Winterbottom Flanker
- No. 7, Gary Rees Flanker
- No. 8, John Hall Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Hill (c) Scrum Half
- No. 10, Rob Andrew Fly Half
- No. 11, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 12, Jamie Salmon Centre
- No. 13, Kevin Simms Centre
- No. 14, Mike Harrison Wing
- No. 15, Marcus Rose Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Simon Halliday (not used)
- No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
- No. 18, Richard Harding (not used)
- No. 19, Gareth Chilcott On in the 12'
- No. 20, Brian Moore (not used)
- No. 21, Dave Egerton (not used)
France
Starting XV
- No. 1, Pascal Ondarts Prop
- No. 2, Daniel Dubroca (c) Hooker
- No. 3, Jean-Pierre Garuet Prop
- No. 4, Alain Lorieux Lock
- No. 5, Jean Condom Lock
- No. 6, Eric Champ Flanker
- No. 7, Dominique Erbani Flanker
- No. 8, Laurent Rodriguez Number 8
- No. 9, Pierre Berbizier Scrum Half
- No. 10, Franck Mesnel Fly Half
- No. 11, Eric Bonneval Wing
- No. 12, Denis Charvet Centre
- No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
- No. 14, Philippe Berot Wing
- No. 15, Serge Blanco Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Philippe Dintrans (not used)
- No. 17, Louis Armary (not used)
- No. 18, Alain Carminati (not used)
- No. 19, Jerome Gallion (not used)
- No. 20, Jean-Baptiste Lafond (not used)
- No. 21, Guy Laporte (not used)
Referee: Jim Fleming. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 5 meetings before this one
02
2 Feb 1985
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
9–9
France
England drew
03
3 Mar 1984
Five Nations Championship
Parc des Princes, Paris
France
32–18
England
England lost
04
15 Jan 1983
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
15–19
France
England lost
05
20 Feb 1982
Five Nations Championship
Parc des Princes, Paris
France
15–27
England
England won
Official meetings since 1906
England v France stats
Meetings113In our results database
England wins61England perspective
Draws7Level at full time
France wins45France victories
England have scored 1890 points to France's 1583 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
7Jonny May
7 tries against France in matches we hold scorer data for.
France · Fixture leader
6Louis Bielle-Biarrey
France's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.