TheBreakdown
Full time19 February 1977
England
3–4
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1977Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell3–0
  2. –TFrance try · Francois Sangalli3–4

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Robin CowlingProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8Roger UttleyNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Charles KentCentre
  13. 13Barrie CorlessCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16Nigel FrenchBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Jon RaphaelBench
  20. 20Mike BurtonBench
  21. 21Andy RipleyBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  5. 5Michel PalmiéSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
  12. 12Francois SangalliCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Dominique HarizeWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Christian SwierczinskiBench
  17. 17Armand VaquerinBench
  18. 18Alain GuilbertBench
  19. 19Richard AstreBench
  20. 20Jean-Pierre PesteilBench
  21. 21Michel DroitecourtBench

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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.