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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

11–0

Full time

England v France finished 11–0.

France
None
Date
Saturday 4 March 1989 · England in 1989
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Bailey (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Gary Pearce (not used)
  • No. 20, John Olver (not used)
  • No. 21, Gary Rees (not used)

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Pascal Ondarts Prop
  • No. 2, Philippe Dintrans Hooker
  • No. 3, Claude Portolan Prop
  • No. 4, Gilles Bourguignon Lock
  • No. 5, Jean Condom Lock
  • No. 6, Marc Cecillon Flanker
  • No. 7, Laurent Rodriguez Flanker
  • No. 8, Dominique Erbani Number 8
  • No. 9, Pierre Berbizier (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Franck Mesnel Fly Half
  • No. 11, Patrice Lagisquet Wing
  • No. 12, Marc Andrieu Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
  • No. 14, Jean-Baptiste Lafond Wing
  • No. 15, Serge Blanco Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jean-Pierre Garuet (not used)
  • No. 17, Louis Armary (not used)
  • No. 18, Alain Carminati (not used)
  • No. 19, Henri Sanz (not used)
  • No. 20, Didier Camberabero (not used)
  • No. 21, Denis Charvet (not used)

Referee: Stephen Hilditch. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1984 – 1988

Official meetings since 1906

England v France stats

Full head-to-head

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

7

Jonny May

7 tries against France in matches we hold scorer data for.

France · Fixture leader

6

Louis Bielle-Biarrey

France's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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