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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

13–24

Full time

France v England finished 13–24.

France
Lionel Nallet 25'
Date
Saturday 23 February 2008 · England in 2008
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 50'
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens On in the 72'
  • No. 18, Ben Kay On in the 69'
  • No. 19, Tom Croft On in the 21'
  • No. 20, Paul Hodgson (not used)
  • No. 21, Danny Cipriani (not used)
  • No. 22, Mathew Tait On in the 70'

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Lionel Faure Prop
  • No. 2, Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker Off in the 59'
  • No. 3, Nicolas Mas Prop Off in the 56'
  • No. 4, Pascal Pape Lock Off in the 59'
  • No. 5, Lionel Nallet (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Julien Bonnaire Flanker
  • No. 7, Thierry Dusautoir Flanker
  • No. 8, Louis Picamoles Number 8 Off in the 77'
  • No. 9, Morgan Parra Scrum Half Off in the 66'
  • No. 10, Francois Trinh-Duc Fly Half Off in the 66'
  • No. 11, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 12, Damien Traille Centre
  • No. 13, David Marty Centre
  • No. 14, Aurélien Rougerie Wing Off in the 66'
  • No. 15, Cédric Heymans Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, William Servat On in the 59'
  • No. 17, Jean-Baptiste Poux On in the 56'
  • No. 18, Jérôme Thion On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Fulgence Ouedraogo On in the 77'
  • No. 20, Dimitri Yachvili On in the 66'
  • No. 21, David Skrela On in the 66'
  • No. 22, Anthony Floch On in the 66'

Referee: Steve Walsh. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2006 – 2007

05 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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