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England men · Test matches · Second Test

France
v England⁠

22–9

Full time

France v England finished 22–9.

England
None
France
Yannick Jauzion 48'
Date
Saturday 18 August 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Competition
Test matches · Second Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Olivier Milloud Prop
  • No. 2, Raphaël Ibanez (c) Hooker Off in the 59'
  • No. 3, Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop Off in the 64'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock Off in the 59'
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Yannick Nyanga Flanker Off in the 61'
  • No. 7, Thierry Dusautoir Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde Scrum Half Off in the 67'
  • No. 10, Frederic Michalak Fly Half
  • No. 11, Christophe Dominici Wing
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, Damien Traille Centre Off in the 72'
  • No. 14, Cédric Heymans Wing
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Sébastien Bruno On in the 59'
  • No. 17, Nicolas Mas On in the 64'
  • No. 18, Lionel Nallet On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Julien Bonnaire On in the 61'
  • No. 20, Pierre Mignoni On in the 67'
  • No. 21, David Skrela On in the 72'
  • No. 22, Aurélien Rougerie (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

2004 – 2007

03 12 Mar 2006
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 31–6 England England lost

England tries: None

France tries: Florian Fritz 1', Damien Traille 70', Christophe Dominici 83'

Match page: France v England, 12 March 2006

05 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

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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