TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1975
England
20–27
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1975Head-to-head

France won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough12–0
  5. –TEngland try · Peter Rossborough16–0
  6. –TEngland try · David Duckham20–0
  7. –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries20–2
  8. –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries20–4
  9. –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries20–6
  10. –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries20–8
  11. –PFrance penalty · Lucien Paries20–11
  12. –TFrance try · Jean-Martin Etchenique20–15
  13. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon20–19
  14. –TFrance try · Alain Guilbert20–23
  15. –TFrance try · Claude Spanghero20–27

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6John WatkinsFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Peter PreeceCentre
  13. 13Peter WarfieldCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
  16. 16Tony JordenBench
  17. 17Keith SmithBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Robin CowlingBench
  20. 20John PullinBench
  21. 21Bill BeaumontBench

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Gerard CholleyProp
  4. 4Alain EsteveSecond row
  5. 5Alain GuilbertSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Claude SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Richard AstreScrum-half
  10. 10Lucien PariesFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  12. 12Claude DourtheCentre
  13. 13Jean-Martin EtcheniqueCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Michel TaffaryFull-back
  16. 16Jean UgartemendiaBench
  17. 17Robert PaparembordeBench
  18. 18Victor BoffelliBench
  19. 19Gerald MartinezBench
  20. 20Jean-Luc AverousBench
  21. 21Jean-Michel AguirreBench

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Context

All-time, England 61–45 France, 7 drawn in 113 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
France going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.