TheBreakdown
Full time16 January 1988
France
10–9
England
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1988Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 11’PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot3–0
  2. 37’PEngland penalty · Jonathan Webb3–3
  3. 48’TFrance try · Laurent Rodriguez7–3
  4. 50’DEngland drop goal · Les Cusworth7–6
  5. 64’PEngland penalty · Jonathan Webb7–9
  6. 72’PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot10–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Pascal OndartsProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Patrick SerriereSecond 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. 12Marc AndrieuCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe BerotWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Louis ArmaryBench
  18. 18Alain CarminatiBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Denis CharvetBench
  21. 21Didier CamberaberoBench

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Les CusworthFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Kevin SimmsCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Mike HarrisonWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16Ray AdamsonBench
  17. 17Rob AndrewBench
  18. 18Richard HardingBench
  19. 19Gareth ChilcottBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21Gary ReesBench

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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.