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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

17–9

Full time

England v France finished 17–9.

France
None
Date
Saturday 26 February 2011 · England in 2011
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Thomas Domingo Prop Off in the 60'
  • No. 2, William Servat Hooker Off in the 76'
  • No. 3, Nicolas Mas Prop
  • No. 4, Julien Pierre Lock Off in the 62'
  • No. 5, Lionel Nallet Lock
  • No. 6, Thierry Dusautoir (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Imanol Harinordoquy Flanker
  • No. 8, Sébastien Chabal Number 8 Off in the 52'
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half Off in the 62'
  • No. 10, Francois Trinh-Duc Fly Half Off in the 67'
  • No. 11, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, Aurélien Rougerie Centre
  • No. 14, Yoann Huget Wing
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back Off in the 52'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Guilhem Guirado On in the 76'
  • No. 17, Sylvain Marconnet On in the 60'
  • No. 18, Jérôme Thion On in the 62'
  • No. 19, Julien Bonnaire On in the 52'
  • No. 20, Morgan Parra On in the 62'
  • No. 21, Damien Traille On in the 52'
  • No. 22, Alexis Palisson On in the 67'

Referee: George Clancy · Player of the match: Tom Palmer. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2007 – 2010

02 15 Mar 2009
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 34–10 France England won

England tries: Mark Cueto 2', Riki Flutey 23', Delon Armitage 38', Joe Worsley 40', Riki Flutey 42'

France tries: Dimitri Szarzewski 56', Julien Malzieu 64'

Match page: England v France, 15 March 2009

03 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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