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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

31–6

Full time

France v England finished 31–6.

England
None
France
Florian Fritz 1', Damien Traille 70', Christophe Dominici 83'
Date
Sunday 12 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears On in the 62'
  • No. 17, Andrew Sheridan On in the 62'
  • No. 18, Simon Shaw On in the 72'
  • No. 19, Lawrence Dallaglio On in the 63'
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis On in the 59'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode On in the 41'
  • No. 22, Tom Voyce On in the 59'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Sylvain Marconnet Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez Hooker Off in the 61'
  • No. 3, Pieter de Villiers Prop Off in the 52'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous (c) Lock Off in the 67'
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Yannick Nyanga Flanker
  • No. 7, Olivier Magne Flanker Off in the 59'
  • No. 8, Thomas Lievremont Number 8
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Frederic Michalak Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre Off in the 77'
  • No. 13, Florian Fritz Centre
  • No. 14, Aurélien Rougerie Wing
  • No. 15, Thomas Castaignede Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dimitri Szarzewski On in the 61'
  • No. 17, Olivier Milloud On in the 52'
  • No. 18, Lionel Nallet On in the 67'
  • No. 19, Julien Bonnaire On in the 59'
  • No. 20, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (not used)
  • No. 21, Ludovic Valbon On in the 77'
  • No. 22, Cédric Heymans (not used)

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

2003 – 2005

02 27 Mar 2004
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 24–21 England England lost

England tries: Ben Cohen 53', Josh Lewsey 76'

France tries: Imanol Harinordoquy 26', Dimitri Yachvili 42'

Match page: France v England, 27 March 2004

04 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

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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