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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

34–10

Full time

England v France finished 34–10.

England
Mark Cueto 2', Riki Flutey 23', Delon Armitage 38', Joe Worsley 40', Riki Flutey 42'
France
Dimitri Szarzewski 56', Julien Malzieu 64'
Date
Sunday 15 March 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dylan Hartley On in the 57'
  • No. 17, Julian White On in the 43' Off in the 57'
  • No. 18, Nick Kennedy On in the 68'
  • No. 19, James Haskell On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Danny Care On in the 55'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode On in the 40'
  • No. 22, Mathew Tait On in the 72'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Lionel Faure Prop Off in the 51'
  • No. 2, Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker Off in the 59'
  • No. 3, Sylvain Marconnet Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 4, Lionel Nallet (c) Lock
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock Off in the 48'
  • No. 6, Thierry Dusautoir Flanker
  • No. 7, Sébastien Chabal Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 Off in the 68'
  • No. 9, Morgan Parra Scrum Half Off in the 59'
  • No. 10, Francois Trinh-Duc Fly Half Off in the 48'
  • No. 11, Cédric Heymans Wing
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, Mathieu Bastareaud Centre Off in the 48'
  • No. 14, Julien Malzieu Wing
  • No. 15, Maxime Medard Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Benjamin Kayser On in the 59'
  • No. 17, Thomas Domingo On in the 51'
  • No. 18, Louis Picamoles On in the 68'
  • No. 19, Julien Bonnaire On in the 48'
  • No. 20, Sebastien Tillous-Borde On in the 59'
  • No. 21, Florian Fritz On in the 48'
  • No. 22, Damien Traille On in the 48'

Referee: Stuart Dickinson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2007 – 2008

01 23 Feb 2008
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 13–24 England England won

England tries: Paul Sackey 5', Richard Wigglesworth 79'

France tries: Lionel Nallet 25'

Match page: France v England, 23 February 2008

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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