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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v France⁠

23–20

Full time

England v France finished 23–20.

France
Antoine Dupont 1', Damian Penaud 31'
Date
Saturday 13 March 2021 · England in 2021
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cyril Baille Prop Off in the 67'
  • No. 2, Julien Marchand Hooker Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Mohamed Haouas Prop Off in the 59'
  • No. 4, Romain Taofifenua Lock Off in the 59'
  • No. 5, Paul Willemse Lock
  • No. 6, Dylan Cretin Flanker Off in the 74'
  • No. 7, Charles Ollivon (c) Flanker
  • No. 8, Gregory Alldritt Number 8
  • No. 9, Antoine Dupont Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Matthieu Jalibert Fly Half
  • No. 11, Damian Penaud Wing
  • No. 12, Gael Fickou Centre
  • No. 13, Virimi Vakatawa Centre
  • No. 14, Teddy Thomas Wing
  • No. 15, Brice Dulin Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Camille Chat On in the 74'
  • No. 17, Jean-Baptiste Gros On in the 67'
  • No. 18, Dorian Aldegheri On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Cyril Cazeaux On in the 59'
  • No. 20, Cameron Woki On in the 74'
  • No. 21, Anthony Jelonch (not used)
  • No. 22, Baptiste Serin (not used)
  • No. 23, Romain Ntamack (not used)

Referee: Andrew Brace. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2017 – 2020

02 2 Feb 2020
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 24–17 England England lost

England tries: Jonny May 56', Jonny May 64'

France tries: Vincent Rattez 6', Charles Ollivon 19', Charles Ollivon 54'

Match page: France v England, 2 February 2020

03 10 Feb 2019
Six Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 44–8 France England won

England tries: Jonny May 2', Jonny May 24', Jonny May 29', Henry Slade 40', Penalty try 49', Owen Farrell 55'

France tries: Damian Penaud 35'

Match page: England v France, 10 February 2019

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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