TheBreakdown
Full time15 January 1983
England
15–19
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare12–0
  5. –DEngland drop goal · Les Cusworth15–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Serge Blanco15–2
  7. –CFrance conversion · Serge Blanco15–4
  8. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero15–7
  9. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella15–11
  10. –TFrance try · Patrick Esteve15–15
  11. –TFrance try · Robert Paparemborde15–19

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Les CusworthFly-half
  11. 11Anthony SwiftWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Huw DaviesCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Marcus RoseBench
  17. 17Tony BondBench
  18. 18Nigel MelvilleBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Steve MillsBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean-Charles OrsoSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Gerald MartinezScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Christian BelascainCentre
  14. 14Philippe SellaWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Louis DupontBench
  17. 17Daniel DubrocaBench
  18. 18Dominique ErbaniBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Patrick MesnyBench
  21. 21Bernard ViviesBench

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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.