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France
v England⁠

19–12

Full time

France v England finished 19–12.

France
Vincent Clerc 21', Maxime Medard 30'
Date
Saturday 8 October 2011 · England in 2011
Venue
Eden Park, Auckland
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jean-Baptiste Poux Prop Off in the 55'
  • No. 2, William Servat Hooker Off in the 55'
  • No. 3, Nicolas Mas Prop
  • No. 4, Pascal Pape Lock Off in the 64'
  • No. 5, Lionel Nallet Lock
  • No. 6, Thierry Dusautoir (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Julien Bonnaire Flanker
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8 Off in the 72'
  • No. 9, Dimitri Yachvili Scrum Half Off in the 53'
  • No. 10, Morgan Parra Fly Half
  • No. 11, Alexis Palisson Wing
  • No. 12, Maxime Mermoz Centre Off in the 78'
  • No. 13, Aurélien Rougerie Centre Off in the 67'
  • No. 14, Vincent Clerc Wing
  • No. 15, Maxime Medard Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dimitri Szarzewski On in the 55'
  • No. 17, Fabien Barcella On in the 55'
  • No. 18, Julien Pierre On in the 64'
  • No. 19, Louis Picamoles On in the 72'
  • No. 20, Francois Trinh-Duc On in the 53'
  • No. 21, David Marty On in the 67'
  • No. 22, Cédric Heymans On in the 78'

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

2007 – 2011

03 15 Mar 2009
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 34–10 France England won

England tries: Mark Cueto 2', Riki Flutey 23', Delon Armitage 38', Joe Worsley 40', Riki Flutey 42'

France tries: Dimitri Szarzewski 56', Julien Malzieu 64'

Match page: England v France, 15 March 2009

04 23 Feb 2008
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 13–24 England England won

England tries: Paul Sackey 5', Richard Wigglesworth 79'

France tries: Lionel Nallet 25'

Match page: France v England, 23 February 2008

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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