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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

21–19

Full time

England v France finished 21–19.

France
Franck Mesnel, Philippe Saint-Andre, Didier Camberabero
Date
Saturday 16 March 1991 · England in 1991
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gregoire Lascube Prop
  • No. 2, Philippe Marocco Hooker
  • No. 3, Pascal Ondarts Prop
  • No. 4, Michel Tachdjian Lock
  • No. 5, Olivier Roumat Lock
  • No. 6, Xavier Blond Flanker
  • No. 7, Laurent Cabannes Flanker
  • No. 8, Abdelatif Benazzi Number 8
  • No. 9, Pierre Berbizier Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Didier Camberabero Fly Half
  • No. 11, Philippe Saint-Andre Wing
  • No. 12, Franck Mesnel Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
  • No. 14, Jean-Baptiste Lafond Wing
  • No. 15, Serge Blanco (c) Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Thierry Lacroix (not used)
  • No. 17, Eric Bonneval (not used)
  • No. 18, Henri Sanz (not used)
  • No. 19, Christophe Deslandes (not used)
  • No. 20, Marc Cecillon (not used)
  • No. 21, Philippe Gimbert (not used)

Referee: Les Peard. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1986 – 1990

01 3 Feb 1990
Five Nations Championship Parc des Princes, Paris

France 7–26 England England won

England tries: Rory Underwood, Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott

France tries: Patrice Lagisquet

Match page: France v England, 3 February 1990

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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