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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria · 22 June 1995Head-to-head
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France won by 10 points.Half-time 3–3 · Tries 0–2

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6082
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Tacklesmademissed
ENG5720
FRA9614
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG0/03/50
FRA0/23/40
← France attack · England attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
60′FranceTry, Olivier Roumat, conversion missed6–14
82′FranceTry, Emile Ntamack, conversion missed9–19
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
60′Olivier Roumat82′Emile Ntamack
ENG

Team stats

FRA
0%Possession100%
104Carries80
291Metres gained366
0Clean breaks9
14Defenders beaten20
118Passes111
11Offloads8
57Tackles made96
20Tackles missed14
59/75Rucks won31/37
19/25Lineouts won12/16
17/19Scrums won12/12
6/7Mauls won11/14
8Penalties conceded9
43Kicks from hand48
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 3/5 · FRA conversions 0/2, penalties 3/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Victor UboguProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Ben ClarkeFlanker
  8. 8Steve OjomohNumber 8
  9. 9Dewi MorrisScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Ian HunterWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Neil BackBench
  20. 20Graham RowntreeBench
  21. 21Graham DaweBench

France

  1. 1Laurent BenezechProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Christian CalifanoProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Albert CigagnaNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Franck MesnelFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Thierry LacroixCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Luc SadournyWing
  15. 15Emile NtamackFull-back
  16. 16Aubin HueberBench
  17. 17Yann DelaigueBench
  18. 18Christophe DeylaudBench
  19. 19Olivier BrouzetBench
  20. 20Philippe GallartBench
  21. 21Marc de RougemontBench

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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

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