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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 13 October 2007Head-to-head
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England won by 5 points.Half-time 5–6 · Tries 1–0

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32932Attacks514Ball won85148425482913826211610248%Own 2236%Own half47%Opp half57%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ENG1098
FRA1138
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG0/02/21
FRA0/03/30
← France attack · England attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′EnglandTry, Josh Lewsey5–0
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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3′Josh Lewsey
ENG

Team stats

FRA
50%Possession50%
47%Territory53%
76Carries80
343Metres gained317
8Defenders beaten8
92Passes114
3Offloads7
109Tackles made113
8Tackles missed8
71/73Rucks won70/75
13/14Lineouts won19/22
4/4Mauls won6/8
9Turnovers won6
7Penalties conceded4
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2 · FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Martin CorryFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Mathew TaitCentre
  14. 14Paul SackeyWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16George ChuterBench
  17. 17Matt StevensBench
  18. 18Lawrence DallaglioBench
  19. 19Joe WorsleyBench
  20. 20Peter RichardsBench
  21. 21Toby FloodBench
  22. 22Dan HipkissBench

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Lionel BeauxisFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Damien TrailleFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Sébastien ChabalBench
  19. 19Imanol HarinordoquyBench
  20. 20Frederic MichalakBench
  21. 21Christophe DominiciBench
  22. 22Clément PoitrenaudBench

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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.