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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

25–17

Full time

England v France finished 25–17.

France
Olivier Magne 17', Clément Poitrenaud 67', Damien Traille 82'
Date
Saturday 15 February 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Regan On in the 47' Off in the 57'
  • No. 17, Graham Rowntree On in the 34' Off in the 47'
  • No. 18, Danny Grewcock On in the 86'
  • No. 19, Lawrence Dallaglio On in the 45'
  • No. 20, Nick Walshe (not used)
  • No. 21, Phil Christophers (not used)
  • No. 22, James Simpson-Daniel (not used)

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jean-Jacques Crenca Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez Hooker Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Christian Califano Prop Off in the 61'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock
  • No. 5, Olivier Brouzet Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Off in the 62'
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Gérald Merceron Fly Half
  • No. 11, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 13, Xavier Garbajosa Centre
  • No. 14, Aurélien Rougerie Wing Off in the 64'
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jean-Baptiste Rue On in the 74'
  • No. 17, Sylvain Marconnet On in the 61'
  • No. 18, David Auradou (not used)
  • No. 19, Sébastien Chabal On in the 62'
  • No. 20, Dimitri Yachvili (not used)
  • No. 21, Francois Gelez (not used)
  • No. 22, Thomas Castaignede On in the 64'

Referee: Paul Honiss. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2002

01 2 Mar 2002
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 20–15 England England lost

England tries: Ben Cohen, Jason Robinson

France tries: Imanol Harinordoquy, Gérald Merceron

Match page: France v England, 2 March 2002

02 7 Apr 2001
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 48–19 France England won

England tries: Iain Balshaw, Will Greenwood, Mike Catt, Phil Greening, Richard Hill, Matt Perry

France tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles

Match page: England v France, 7 April 2001

05 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

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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