TheBreakdown
Full time1 March 1997
England
20–23
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

France won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson3–0
  2. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson6–0
  3. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson9–0
  4. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson12–0
  5. 1’TEngland try · Lawrence Dallaglio17–0
  6. 1’DEngland drop goal · Paul Grayson20–0
  7. 1’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison20–2
  8. 1’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison20–4
  9. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison20–7
  10. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison20–10
  11. 1’DFrance drop goal · Christophe Lamaison20–13
  12. 62’TFrance try · Laurent Leflamand20–18
  13. 70’TFrance try · Christophe Lamaison20–23

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Tim RodberNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Tony UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Tim StimpsonFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy GuscottBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Austin HealeyBench
  19. 19Ben ClarkeBench
  20. 20Darren GarforthBench
  21. 21Phil GreeningBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Hugues MiorinSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Laurent LeflamandWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Ugo MolaBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Guy AccoceberryBench
  19. 19Richard CastelBench
  20. 20Jean-Louis JordanaBench
  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

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.