TheBreakdown
Full time16 March 1991
England
21–19
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1991Head-to-head

England won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson11–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson14–0
  6. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood18–0
  7. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew21–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero21–2
  9. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero21–4
  10. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero21–7
  11. –TFrance try · Franck Mesnel21–11
  12. –TFrance try · Philippe Saint-Andre21–15
  13. –TFrance try · Didier Camberabero21–19

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Mike TeagueFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Nigel HeslopWing
  15. 15Simon HodgkinsonFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan WebbBench
  17. 17Simon HallidayBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  21. 21Micky SkinnerBench

France

  1. 1Gregoire LascubeProp
  2. 2Philippe MaroccoHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Michel TachdjianSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Xavier BlondFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Thierry LacroixBench
  17. 17Eric BonnevalBench
  18. 18Henri SanzBench
  19. 19Christophe DeslandesBench
  20. 20Marc CecillonBench
  21. 21Philippe GimbertBench

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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.