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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

16–15

Full time

England v France finished 16–15.

England
Ian Hunter
France
Philippe Saint-Andre, Philippe Saint-Andre
Date
Saturday 16 January 1993 · England in 1993
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Louis Armary Prop
  • No. 2, Jean-Francois Tordo (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Laurent Seigne Prop
  • No. 4, Abdelatif Benazzi Lock
  • No. 5, Olivier Roumat Lock
  • No. 6, Philippe Benetton Flanker
  • No. 7, Laurent Cabannes Flanker
  • No. 8, Marc Cecillon Number 8
  • No. 9, Aubin Hueber Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Didier Camberabero Fly Half
  • No. 11, Pierre Hontas Wing
  • No. 12, Thierry Lacroix Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
  • No. 14, Philippe Saint-Andre Wing
  • No. 15, Jean-Baptiste Lafond Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Stephane Ougier (not used)
  • No. 17, Franck Mesnel (not used)
  • No. 18, Jerome Cazalbou (not used)
  • No. 19, Eric Melville (not used)
  • No. 20, Stephane Graou (not used)
  • No. 21, Fabrice Landreau (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

1989 – 1992

01 15 Feb 1992
Five Nations Championship Parc des Princes, Paris

France 13–31 England England won

England tries: Penalty try 38', Jonathan Webb 40', Rory Underwood 63', Dewi Morris 79'

France tries: Sebastien Viars 34', Alain Penaud 66'

Match page: France v England, 15 February 1992

03 16 Mar 1991
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 21–19 France England won

England tries: Rory Underwood

France tries: Franck Mesnel, Philippe Saint-Andre, Didier Camberabero

Match page: England v France, 16 March 1991

04 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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