TheBreakdown
Full time21 February 1987
England
15–19
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1987Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose12–0
  5. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew15–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot15–2
  7. –PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot15–5
  8. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella15–9
  9. –TFrance try · Eric Bonneval15–13
  10. –DFrance drop goal · Serge Blanco15–16
  11. –DFrance drop goal · Franck Mesnel15–19

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Graham DaweHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8John HallNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jamie SalmonCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Mike HarrisonWing
  15. 15Marcus RoseFull-back
  16. 16Simon HallidayBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HardingBench
  19. 19Gareth ChilcottBench
  20. 20Brian MooreBench
  21. 21Dave EgertonBench

France

  1. 1Pascal OndartsProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Franck MesnelFly-half
  11. 11Eric BonnevalWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe BerotWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Louis ArmaryBench
  18. 18Alain CarminatiBench
  19. 19Jerome GallionBench
  20. 20Jean-Baptiste LafondBench
  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.