TheBreakdown
Full time2 February 1985
England
9–9
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew6–0
  3. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura9–3
  5. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura9–6
  6. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura9–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Phil BlakewayProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HardingScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Chris MartinFull-back
  16. 16Clive WoodwardBench
  17. 17Huw DaviesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Austin SheppardBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jacques GrattonFlanker
  7. 7Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  8. 8Dominique ErbaniNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Bernard LavigneWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Patrick EsteveWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Laurent PardoBench
  21. 21Guy LaporteBench

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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.