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England men · Five Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

24–17

Full time

France v England finished 24–17.

France
Philippe Bernat-Salles 11', Christophe Dominici 19'
Date
Saturday 7 February 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Christian Califano Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Franck Tournaire Prop
  • No. 4, Olivier Brouzet Lock
  • No. 5, Fabien Pelous Lock
  • No. 6, Philippe Benetton Flanker Off in the 16'
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker
  • No. 8, Thomas Lievremont Number 8 Off in the 54'
  • No. 9, Philippe Carbonneau Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Thomas Castaignede Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Stephane Glas Centre
  • No. 13, Christophe Lamaison Centre
  • No. 14, Philippe Bernat-Salles Wing
  • No. 15, Jean-Luc Sadourny Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Xavier Garbajosa (not used)
  • No. 17, David Aucagne (not used)
  • No. 18, Fabien Galthié (not used)
  • No. 19, Marc Lievremont On in the 16'
  • No. 20, Thierry Cleda On in the 54'
  • No. 21, Cedric Soulette (not used)
  • No. 22, Marc Dal Maso (not used)

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

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1994 – 1997

01 1 Mar 1997
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 20–23 France England lost

England tries: Lawrence Dallaglio

France tries: Laurent Leflamand 61', Christophe Lamaison 69'

Match page: England v France, 1 March 1997

04 4 Feb 1995
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 31–10 France England won

England tries: Jeremy Guscott 32', Tony Underwood 73', Tony Underwood 80'

France tries: Sebastien Viars

Match page: England v France, 4 February 1995

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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