TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1986
France
29–10
England
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

France won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PEngland penalty · Stuart Barnes0–3
  2. 1’PEngland penalty · Stuart Barnes0–6
  3. 1’TEngland try · Wade Dooley0–10
  4. 12’PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte3–10
  5. 24’PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte6–10
  6. 31’TFrance try · Guy Laporte10–10
  7. 46’TFrance try · Serge Blanco14–10
  8. 53’PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte17–10
  9. 56’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte19–10
  10. 56’TFrance try23–10
  11. 81’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte25–10
  12. 81’TFrance try · Philippe Sella29–10

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Philippe MaroccoProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Eric BonnevalWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Laurent RodriguezBench
  19. 19Rodolphe ModinBench
  20. 20Patrice LagisquetBench
  21. 21Marc SallefranqueBench

England

  1. 1Gareth ChilcottProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Gary ReesFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Francis CloughCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Mike HarrisonWing
  15. 15Huw DaviesFull-back
  16. 16John PalmerBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21P CookBench

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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.