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England men · Rugby World Cup

France
v England⁠

9–14

Full time

France v England finished 9–14.

France
None
Date
Saturday 13 October 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Competition
Rugby World Cup

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 50'
  • No. 3, Pieter de Villiers Prop Off in the 65'
  • No. 4, Fabien Pelous Lock Off in the 24'
  • No. 5, Jérôme Thion Lock
  • No. 6, Serge Betsen Flanker Off in the 66'
  • No. 7, Thierry Dusautoir Flanker
  • No. 8, Julien Bonnaire Number 8
  • No. 9, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Lionel Beauxis Fly Half Off in the 50'
  • No. 11, Cédric Heymans Wing Off in the 60'
  • No. 12, Yannick Jauzion Centre
  • No. 13, David Marty Centre
  • No. 14, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 15, Damien Traille Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dimitri Szarzewski On in the 50'
  • No. 17, Jean-Baptiste Poux On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Sébastien Chabal On in the 24'
  • No. 19, Imanol Harinordoquy On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Frederic Michalak On in the 50'
  • No. 21, Christophe Dominici On in the 60'
  • No. 22, Clément Poitrenaud (not used)

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2007

04 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

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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