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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

24–21

Full time

France v England finished 24–21.

France
Imanol Harinordoquy 26', Dimitri Yachvili 42'
Date
Saturday 27 March 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Sylvain Marconnet Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 2, William Servat Hooker Off in the 54'
  • No. 3, Pieter de Villiers Prop
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous (c) Lock Off in the 79'
  • No. 5, Pascal Pape Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Frederic Michalak Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 13, Yannick Jauzion Centre Off in the 57'
  • No. 14, Pepito Elhorga Wing
  • No. 15, Nicolas Brusque Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Yannick Bru On in the 54'
  • No. 17, Jean-Jacques Crenca On in the 72'
  • No. 18, David Auradou On in the 79'
  • No. 19, Thomas Lievremont (not used)
  • No. 20, Pierre Mignoni (not used)
  • No. 21, Julien Peyrelongue (not used)
  • No. 22, Clément Poitrenaud On in the 57'

Referee: Alain Rolland. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2003

02 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

04 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

05 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

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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