TheBreakdown
Full time11 August 2007
England
15–21
France
Twickenham, London, EnglandHead-to-head

France won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PEngland penalty · Olly Barkley3–0
  2. 13’TFrance try · Fabien Pelous3–5
  3. 19’PFrance penalty · David Skrela3–8
  4. 24’PEngland penalty · Olly Barkley6–8
  5. 34’PEngland penalty · Olly Barkley9–8
  6. 37’PFrance penalty · David Skrela9–11
  7. 40’PEngland penalty · Olly Barkley12–11
  8. 57’DEngland drop goal · Andy Gomarsall15–11
  9. 61’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde15–14
  10. 72’TFrance try · Sébastien Chabal15–19
  11. 73’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde15–21

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Matt StevensProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6James HaskellFlanker
  7. 7Joe WorsleyFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Shaun PerryScrum-half
  10. 10Olly BarkleyFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Paul SackeyWing
  15. 15Nick AbendanonFull-back
  16. 16Lee MearsBench
  17. 17Phil VickeryBench
  18. 18Martin CorryBench
  19. 19Steve BorthwickBench
  20. 20Andy GomarsallBench
  21. 21Jonny WilkinsonBench
  22. 22Danny CiprianiBench

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Rémy MartinFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10David SkrelaFly-half
  11. 11Aurélien RougerieWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Nicolas MasBench
  18. 18Sébastien ChabalBench
  19. 19Yannick NyangaBench
  20. 20Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeBench
  21. 21Frederic MichalakBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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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.