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France
v England⁠

17–16

Full time

France v England finished 17–16.

France
Nicolas Brusque 37'
Date
Saturday 30 August 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Competition
Test matches · First Test

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 67'
  • No. 2, Yannick Bru Hooker Off in the 56'
  • No. 3, Sylvain Marconnet Prop
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Off in the 66'
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker Off in the 78'
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Frederic Michalak Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 13, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 14, Aurélien Rougerie Wing
  • No. 15, Nicolas Brusque Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Raphaël Ibanez On in the 56'
  • No. 17, Olivier Milloud On in the 67'
  • No. 18, David Auradou (not used)
  • No. 19, Sébastien Chabal On in the 78'
  • No. 20, Patrick Tabacco On in the 66'
  • No. 21, Xavier Garbajosa (not used)
  • No. 22, Brian Liebenberg (not used)

Referee: Mark Lawrence. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2003

01 15 Feb 2003
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 25–17 France England won

England tries: Jason Robinson 49'

France tries: Olivier Magne 17', Clément Poitrenaud 67', Damien Traille 82'

Match page: England v France, 15 February 2003

02 2 Mar 2002
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 20–15 England England lost

England tries: Ben Cohen, Jason Robinson

France tries: Imanol Harinordoquy, Gérald Merceron

Match page: France v England, 2 March 2002

03 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

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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