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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

44–8

Full time

England v France finished 44–8.

France
Damian Penaud 35'
Date
Sunday 10 February 2019 · England in 2019
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Luke Cowan-Dickie On in the 62'
  • No. 17, Ben Moon On in the 44'
  • No. 18, Dan Cole On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Joe Launchbury On in the 47'
  • No. 20, Nathan Hughes On in the 47' Off in the 52'
  • No. 21, Dan Robson On in the 70'
  • No. 22, George Ford On in the 62'
  • No. 23, Jack Nowell On in the 52'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jefferson Poirot Prop Off in the 65'
  • No. 2, Guilhem Guirado (c) Hooker Off in the 76'
  • No. 3, Demba Bamba Prop Off in the 57'
  • No. 4, Felix Lambey Lock Off in the 70'
  • No. 5, Sebastien Vahaamahina Lock Off in the 57'
  • No. 6, Yacouba Camara Flanker
  • No. 7, Arthur Iturria Flanker
  • No. 8, Louis Picamoles Number 8
  • No. 9, Morgan Parra Scrum Half Off in the 47'
  • No. 10, Camille Lopez Fly Half Off in the 57'
  • No. 11, Gael Fickou Wing Yellow card 50'
  • No. 12, Mathieu Bastareaud Centre
  • No. 13, Geoffrey Doumayrou Centre
  • No. 14, Damian Penaud Wing Off in the 47'
  • No. 15, Yoann Huget Full Back Off in the 40'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Pierre Bourgarit On in the 76'
  • No. 17, Dany Priso On in the 65' Off in the 70'
  • No. 18, Dorian Aldegheri On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Paul Willemse On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Gregory Alldritt On in the 70'
  • No. 21, Antoine Dupont On in the 47'
  • No. 22, Romain Ntamack On in the 47'
  • No. 23, Thomas Ramos On in the 40'

Referee: Nigel Owens. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2015 – 2018

03 19 Mar 2016
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Paris

France 21–31 England England won

England tries: Danny Care 12', Dan Cole 20', Anthony Watson 56'

France tries: None

Match page: France v England, 19 March 2016

04 22 Aug 2015
Test matches · Test Match Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 25–20 England England lost

England tries: Danny Cipriani 72', Jonathan Joseph 78'

France tries: Yoann Huget 46'

Match page: France v England, 22 August 2015

05 15 Aug 2015
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 19–14 France England won

England tries: Anthony Watson 11', Anthony Watson 18', Jonny May 46'

France tries: Fulgence Ouedraogo 61'

Match page: England v France, 15 August 2015

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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