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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

22–24

Full time

France v England finished 22–24.

France
Wesley Fofana 75'
Date
Sunday 11 March 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

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 50'
  • No. 2, Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker Off in the 50'
  • No. 3, Nicolas Mas Prop Off in the 76'
  • No. 4, Pascal Pape Lock
  • No. 5, Yoann Maestri Lock Off in the 55'
  • No. 6, Thierry Dusautoir (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Julien Bonnaire Flanker Off in the 67'
  • No. 8, Imanol Harinordoquy Number 8
  • No. 9, Julien Dupuy Scrum Half Off in the 50'
  • No. 10, Lionel Beauxis Fly Half Off in the 73'
  • No. 11, Julien Malzieu Wing
  • No. 12, Wesley Fofana Centre
  • No. 13, Aurélien Rougerie Centre
  • No. 14, Vincent Clerc Wing Off in the 37'
  • No. 15, Clément Poitrenaud Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, William Servat On in the 50'
  • No. 17, Vincent Debaty On in the 50'
  • No. 18, Lionel Nallet On in the 55'
  • No. 19, Louis Picamoles On in the 67'
  • No. 20, Morgan Parra On in the 50'
  • No. 21, Francois Trinh-Duc On in the 73'
  • No. 22, Maxime Mermoz On in the 37'

Referee: Alain Rolland · Player of the match: Imanol Harinordoquy. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2008 – 2011

01 8 Oct 2011
Rugby World Cup Eden Park, Auckland

France 19–12 England England lost

England tries: Ben Foden 54', Mark Cueto 76'

France tries: Vincent Clerc 21', Maxime Medard 30'

Match page: France v England, 8 October 2011

04 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

05 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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