TheBreakdown
Full time20 January 1996
France
15–12
England
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1996Head-to-head

France won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 30’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson0–3
  2. 36’PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix3–3
  3. 56’DFrance drop goal · Thierry Lacroix6–3
  4. 65’PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix9–3
  5. 67’DEngland drop goal · Paul Grayson9–6
  6. 77’PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix12–6
  7. 79’DEngland drop goal · Paul Grayson12–9
  8. 81’DFrance drop goal · Thomas Castaignede15–9
  9. 82’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson15–12

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Michel PerieProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Christian CalifanoProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thierry LacroixFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Philippe Bernat-SallesBench
  17. 17Alain PenaudBench
  18. 18Guy AccoceberryBench
  19. 19Richard CastelBench
  20. 20Marc de RougemontBench
  21. 21Laurent BenezechBench

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
  6. 6Steve OjomohFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Ben ClarkeNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Victor UboguBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21Dean RichardsBench

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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.