TheBreakdown
Full time2 February 1980
France
13–17
England
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

England won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Alain Caussade2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Alain Caussade5–0
  3. –TFrance try · Jean-Luc Averous9–0
  4. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Rives13–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare13–3
  6. –TEngland try · John Carleton13–7
  7. –TEngland try · Nick Preston13–11
  8. –DEngland drop goal · John Horton13–14
  9. –DEngland drop goal · John Horton13–17

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Patrick SalasProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Yves DuhardSecond row
  5. 5Alain MaleigSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  8. 8Manuel CarpentierNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Alain CaussadeFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Daniel BustaffaWing
  15. 15Serge GabernetFull-back
  16. 16Alain PacoBench
  17. 17Daniel RevallierBench
  18. 18Rene TrailleBench
  19. 19Adrien MournetBench
  20. 20Laurent PardoBench
  21. 21Pierre PedeutourBench

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Roger UttleyFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Nick PrestonCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Paul DodgeBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18IG PeckBench
  19. 19Steve MillsBench
  20. 20Gordon SargentBench
  21. 21Mike RafterBench

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Context

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

France going in
England 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.