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England men · Rugby World Cup

France
v England⁠

10–19

Full time

France v England finished 10–19.

France
Jean-Baptiste Lafond 51'
Date
Saturday 19 October 1991 · England in 1991
Venue
Parc des Princes, Paris
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gregoire Lascube Prop
  • No. 2, Philippe Marocco Hooker
  • No. 3, Pascal Ondarts Prop
  • No. 4, Jean-Marie Cadieu Lock
  • No. 5, Olivier Roumat Lock
  • No. 6, Eric Champ Flanker
  • No. 7, Laurent Cabannes Flanker
  • No. 8, Marc Cecillon Number 8
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Thierry Lacroix Fly Half
  • No. 11, Jean-Baptiste Lafond Wing
  • No. 12, Franck Mesnel Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella Centre
  • No. 14, Philippe Saint-Andre Wing
  • No. 15, Serge Blanco (c) Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jean-Luc Sadourny (not used)
  • No. 17, Patrice Lagisquet (not used)
  • No. 18, Henri Sanz (not used)
  • No. 19, Abdelatif Benazzi (not used)
  • No. 20, Philippe Gimbert (not used)
  • No. 21, Louis Armary (not used)

Referee: David Bishop. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1987 – 1991

01 16 Mar 1991
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 21–19 France England won

England tries: Rory Underwood

France tries: Franck Mesnel, Philippe Saint-Andre, Didier Camberabero

Match page: England v France, 16 March 1991

02 3 Feb 1990
Five Nations Championship Parc des Princes, Paris

France 7–26 England England won

England tries: Rory Underwood, Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott

France tries: Patrice Lagisquet

Match page: France v England, 3 February 1990

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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