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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

21–10

Full time

England v France finished 21–10.

England
None
France
Franck Comba
Date
Saturday 20 March 1999 · England in 1999
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Sylvain Marconnet Prop Off in the 47'
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Franck Tournaire Prop
  • No. 4, Olivier Brouzet Lock
  • No. 5, Fabien Pelous Lock Off in the 65'
  • No. 6, Thomas Lievremont Flanker Off in the 65'
  • No. 7, Richard Castel Flanker
  • No. 8, Christophe Juillet Number 8
  • No. 9, Philippe Carbonneau Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Thomas Castaignede Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Franck Comba Centre
  • No. 13, Pascal Giordani Centre
  • No. 14, Xavier Garbajosa Wing
  • No. 15, Emile Ntamack Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Christophe Laussucq (not used)
  • No. 17, David Aucagne (not used)
  • No. 19, Marc Raynaud On in the 65'
  • No. 20, David Auradou On in the 65'
  • No. 21, Christian Califano On in the 47'
  • No. 22, Marc de Rougemont (not used)

Referee: Colin Hawke. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1995 – 1998

01 7 Feb 1998
Five Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 24–17 England England lost

England tries: Neil Back 48'

France tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles 11', Christophe Dominici 19'

Match page: France v England, 7 February 1998

02 1 Mar 1997
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 20–23 France England lost

England tries: Lawrence Dallaglio

France tries: Laurent Leflamand 61', Christophe Lamaison 69'

Match page: England v France, 1 March 1997

05 4 Feb 1995
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 31–10 France England won

England tries: Jeremy Guscott 32', Tony Underwood 73', Tony Underwood 80'

France tries: Sebastien Viars

Match page: England v France, 4 February 1995

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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