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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

20–15

Full time

France v England finished 20–15.

France
Imanol Harinordoquy, Gérald Merceron
Date
Saturday 2 March 2002 · England in 2002
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jean-Jacques Crenca Prop Off in the 60'
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez Hooker Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Pieter de Villiers Prop
  • No. 4, David Auradou Lock Off in the 60'
  • No. 5, Olivier Brouzet Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Off in the 57'
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 Off in the 78'
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié (c) Scrum Half Off in the 67'
  • No. 10, Gérald Merceron Fly Half
  • No. 11, Aurélien Rougerie Wing
  • No. 12, Tony Marsh Centre
  • No. 13, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 14, David Bory Wing
  • No. 15, Nicolas Brusque Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Olivier Azam On in the 74'
  • No. 17, Olivier Milloud On in the 60'
  • No. 18, Fabien Pelous On in the 60'
  • No. 19, Rémy Martin On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Pierre Mignoni On in the 67'
  • No. 21, Francois Gelez (not used)
  • No. 22, Jimmy Marlu (not used)

Referee: Andre Watson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2001

01 7 Apr 2001
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 48–19 France England won

England tries: Iain Balshaw, Will Greenwood, Mike Catt, Phil Greening, Richard Hill, Matt Perry

France tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles

Match page: England v France, 7 April 2001

04 7 Feb 1998
Five Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 24–17 England England lost

England tries: Neil Back 48'

France tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles 11', Christophe Dominici 19'

Match page: France v England, 7 February 1998

05 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

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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