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England men · Five Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

13–31

Full time

France v England finished 13–31.

France
Sebastien Viars 34', Alain Penaud 66'
Date
Saturday 15 February 1992 · England in 1992
Venue
Parc des Princes, Paris

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gregoire Lascube Prop Red card 0'
  • No. 2, Vincent Moscato Hooker Red card 0'
  • No. 3, Philippe Gimbert Prop
  • No. 4, Marc Cecillon Lock
  • No. 5, Christophe Mougeot Lock Off in the 64'
  • No. 6, Jean-Francois Tordo Flanker
  • No. 7, Laurent Cabannes Flanker
  • No. 8, Andries van Heerden Number 8
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Alain Penaud Fly Half
  • No. 11, Sebastien Viars Wing
  • No. 12, Franck Mesnel Centre
  • No. 13, Philippe Sella (c) Centre Off in the 56'
  • No. 14, Philippe Saint-Andre Wing Off in the 50'
  • No. 15, Jean-Baptiste Lafond Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jean-Luc Sadourny On in the 50' Off in the 65'
  • No. 17, Pierre Montlaur On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Aubin Hueber (not used)
  • No. 19, Jean-Marie Cadieu (not used)
  • No. 20, Olivier Roumat On in the 64'
  • No. 21, Philippe Gallart (not used)

Referee: Stephen Hilditch. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1988 – 1991

02 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

03 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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