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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

17–18

Full time

England v France finished 17–18.

France
None
Date
Sunday 13 February 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell (not used)
  • No. 17, Andrew Sheridan (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Borthwick (not used)
  • No. 19, Andy Hazell On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Matt Dawson On in the 80'
  • No. 21, Henry Paul (not used)
  • No. 22, Ben Cohen On in the 75'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Sylvain Marconnet Prop
  • No. 2, Sébastien Bruno Hooker Off in the 52'
  • No. 3, Nicolas Mas Prop Off in the 53'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous (c) Lock Off in the 89'
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker
  • No. 7, Sébastien Chabal Flanker Off in the 53'
  • No. 8, Julien Bonnaire Number 8
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Yann Delaigue Fly Half Off in the 72'
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 13, Brian Liebenberg Centre
  • No. 14, Jimmy Marlu Wing Off in the 44'
  • No. 15, Pepito Elhorga Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, William Servat On in the 52'
  • No. 17, Olivier Milloud On in the 53'
  • No. 18, Gregory Lamboley On in the 89'
  • No. 19, Yannick Nyanga On in the 53'
  • No. 20, Pierre Mignoni (not used)
  • No. 21, Frederic Michalak On in the 72'
  • No. 22, Jean Philippe Grandclaude On in the 44'

Referee: Paddy O'Brien. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2004

01 27 Mar 2004
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 24–21 England England lost

England tries: Ben Cohen 53', Josh Lewsey 76'

France tries: Imanol Harinordoquy 26', Dimitri Yachvili 42'

Match page: France v England, 27 March 2004

03 6 Sep 2003
Test matches · Second Test Twickenham, London

England 45–14 France England won

England tries: Ben Cohen 33', Ben Cohen 36', Iain Balshaw 41', Josh Lewsey 80', Jason Robinson 82'

France tries: Aurélien Rougerie 95'

Match page: England v France, 6 September 2003

05 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

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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