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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

26–18

Full time

England v France finished 26–18.

France
None
Date
Sunday 11 March 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Turner (not used)
  • No. 18, Louis Deacon On in the 74'
  • No. 19, Magnus Lund On in the 74'
  • No. 20, Shaun Perry On in the 78'
  • No. 21, Shane Geraghty On in the 59'
  • No. 22, Mathew Tait On in the 74'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olivier Milloud Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker Off in the 69'
  • No. 3, Pieter de Villiers Prop
  • No. 4, Lionel Nallet Lock
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker
  • No. 7, Julien Bonnaire Flanker
  • No. 8, Sébastien Chabal Number 8 Off in the 49'
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half Off in the 75'
  • No. 10, David Skrela Fly Half Off in the 41'
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, David Marty Centre
  • No. 14, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back Off in the 75'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Sébastien Bruno On in the 69'
  • No. 17, Nicolas Mas (not used)
  • No. 18, Pascal Pape (not used)
  • No. 19, Imanol Harinordoquy On in the 49'
  • No. 20, Pierre Mignoni On in the 75'
  • No. 21, Lionel Beauxis On in the 41'
  • No. 22, Cédric Heymans On in the 75'

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2006

01 12 Mar 2006
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 31–6 England England lost

England tries: None

France tries: Florian Fritz 1', Damien Traille 70', Christophe Dominici 83'

Match page: France v England, 12 March 2006

03 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

05 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

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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