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England men · Rugby World Cup

France
v England⁠

7–24

Full time

France v England finished 7–24.

England
None
France
Serge Betsen 10'
Date
Sunday 16 November 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Competition
Rugby World Cup

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 62'
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez Hooker
  • No. 3, Sylvain Marconnet Prop
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Yellow card 53' Off in the 64'
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Fabien Galthié (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Frederic Michalak Fly Half Off in the 64'
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing Yellow card 23' Off in the 34'
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, Tony Marsh Centre
  • No. 14, Aurélien Rougerie Wing
  • No. 15, Nicolas Brusque Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Yannick Bru (not used)
  • No. 17, Olivier Milloud On in the 62'
  • No. 18, David Auradou (not used)
  • No. 19, Christian Labit On in the 64'
  • No. 20, Gérald Merceron On in the 64'
  • No. 21, Damien Traille (not used)
  • No. 22, Clément Poitrenaud On in the 34'

Referee: Paddy O'Brien. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2003

01 6 Sep 2003
Test matches · Second Test Twickenham, London

England 45–14 France England won

England tries: Ben Cohen 33', Ben Cohen 36', Iain Balshaw 41', Josh Lewsey 80', Jason Robinson 82'

France tries: Aurélien Rougerie 95'

Match page: England v France, 6 September 2003

03 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

04 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

05 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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