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England
v France⁠

15–21

Full time

England v France finished 15–21.

England
None
France
Fabien Pelous 12', Sébastien Chabal 71'
Date
Saturday 11 August 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olivier Milloud Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker Off in the 52'
  • No. 3, Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop Off in the 66'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock Off in the 56'
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Off in the 56'
  • No. 7, Rémy Martin Flanker
  • No. 8, Julien Bonnaire Number 8
  • No. 9, Pierre Mignoni Scrum Half Off in the 44'
  • No. 10, David Skrela Fly Half
  • No. 11, Aurélien Rougerie Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre Off in the 56'
  • No. 13, David Marty Centre
  • No. 14, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dimitri Szarzewski On in the 52'
  • No. 17, Nicolas Mas On in the 66'
  • No. 18, Sébastien Chabal On in the 56'
  • No. 19, Yannick Nyanga On in the 56'
  • No. 20, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde On in the 44'
  • No. 21, Frederic Michalak On in the 56'
  • No. 22, Cédric Heymans (not used)

Referee: Alan Lewis. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2007

02 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

04 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

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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