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England men · Test matches · Second Test

England
v France⁠

45–14

Full time

England v France finished 45–14.

France
Aurélien Rougerie 95'
Date
Saturday 6 September 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Second Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olivier Milloud Prop Off in the 63'
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker Off in the 73'
  • No. 3, Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop
  • No. 4, David Auradou Lock
  • No. 5, Olivier Brouzet Lock Off in the 57'
  • No. 6, Sébastien Chabal Flanker Off in the 50'
  • No. 7, Patrick Tabacco Flanker Yellow card 33' Off in the 73'
  • No. 8, Christian Labit Number 8
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Gérald Merceron Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing Off in the 40'
  • No. 12, Brian Liebenberg Centre
  • No. 13, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 14, Xavier Garbajosa Wing
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Yannick Bru On in the 73'
  • No. 17, Sylvain Marconnet On in the 63'
  • No. 18, Fabien Pelous On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Imanol Harinordoquy On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Olivier Magne On in the 50'
  • No. 21, Frederic Michalak (not used)
  • No. 22, Aurélien Rougerie On in the 40'

Referee: Nigel Williams. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2003

02 15 Feb 2003
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 25–17 France England won

England tries: Jason Robinson 49'

France tries: Olivier Magne 17', Clément Poitrenaud 67', Damien Traille 82'

Match page: England v France, 15 February 2003

03 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

04 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

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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