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England men · Six Nations Championship

France
v England⁠

22–16

Full time

France v England finished 22–16.

France
Penalty try 48'
Date
Saturday 10 March 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

France

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jefferson Poirot Prop Off in the 65'
  • No. 2, Guilhem Guirado (c) Hooker Off in the 66'
  • No. 3, Rabah Slimani Prop Off in the 58'
  • No. 4, Paul Gabrillagues Lock
  • No. 5, Sebastien Vahaamahina Lock Off in the 65'
  • No. 6, Wenceslas Lauret Flanker Off in the 65'
  • No. 7, Yacouba Camara Flanker
  • No. 8, Marco Tauleigne Number 8
  • No. 9, Maxime Machenaud Scrum Half Off in the 71'
  • No. 10, Francois Trinh-Duc Fly Half Off in the 71'
  • No. 11, Remy Grosso Wing
  • No. 12, Geoffrey Doumayrou Centre
  • No. 13, Mathieu Bastareaud Centre
  • No. 14, Benjamin Fall Wing
  • No. 15, Hugo Bonneval Full Back Off in the 40'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Adrien Pelissie On in the 66'
  • No. 17, Dany Priso On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Cedate Gomes Sa On in the 58'
  • No. 19, Bernard Le Roux On in the 65'
  • No. 20, Kelian Galletier On in the 65'
  • No. 21, Baptiste Couilloud On in the 71'
  • No. 22, Lionel Beauxis On in the 71'
  • No. 23, Gael Fickou On in the 14' Off in the 24'

Referee: Jaco Peyper. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2015 – 2017

02 19 Mar 2016
Six Nations Championship Stade de France, Paris

France 21–31 England England won

England tries: Danny Care 12', Dan Cole 20', Anthony Watson 56'

France tries: None

Match page: France v England, 19 March 2016

03 22 Aug 2015
Test matches · Test Match Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France 25–20 England England lost

England tries: Danny Cipriani 72', Jonathan Joseph 78'

France tries: Yoann Huget 46'

Match page: France v England, 22 August 2015

04 15 Aug 2015
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 19–14 France England won

England tries: Anthony Watson 11', Anthony Watson 18', Jonny May 46'

France tries: Fulgence Ouedraogo 61'

Match page: England v France, 15 August 2015

05 21 Mar 2015
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 55–35 France England won

England tries: Ben Youngs 2', Anthony Watson 31', Ben Youngs 36', George Ford 47', Jack Nowell 54', Billy Vunipola 64', Jack Nowell 75'

France tries: Sebastien Tillous-Borde 14', Noa Nakaitaci 18', Maxime Mermoz 42', Vincent Debaty 60', Benjamin Kayser 67'

Match page: England v France, 21 March 2015

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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