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England men · Five Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

10–9

Full time

France v England finished 10–9.

England
None
France
Laurent Rodriguez 47'
Date
Saturday 16 January 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Parc des Princes, Paris

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Pascal Ondarts Prop
  • No. 2, Daniel Dubroca (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Jean-Pierre Garuet Prop
  • No. 4, Patrick Serriere Lock
  • No. 5, Jean Condom Lock
  • No. 6, Eric Champ Flanker
  • No. 7, Dominique Erbani Flanker
  • No. 8, Laurent Rodriguez Number 8
  • No. 9, Pierre Berbizier Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Franck Mesnel Fly Half
  • No. 11, Eric Bonneval Wing
  • No. 12, Marc Andrieu Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
  • No. 14, Philippe Berot Wing
  • No. 15, Serge Blanco Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Philippe Dintrans (not used)
  • No. 17, Louis Armary (not used)
  • No. 18, Alain Carminati (not used)
  • No. 19, Henri Sanz (not used)
  • No. 20, Denis Charvet (not used)
  • No. 21, Didier Camberabero (not used)

Referee: Owen Doyle. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1983 – 1987

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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