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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Eden Park, Auckland · 8 October 2011Head-to-head
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France won by 7 points.Half-time 0–16 · Tries 2–2

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223155774970Attacks1427Ball won971762359183634919801825741%Own 2236%Own half74%Opp half82%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ENG9511
FRA11013
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG1/20/00
FRA0/22/41
← 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
22′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, conversion missed0–11
31′FranceTry, Maxime Medard, conversion missed0–16
55′EnglandTry, Ben Foden, converted5–16
77′EnglandTry, Mark Cueto, conversion missed12–19
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′
22′Vincent Clerc31′Maxime Medard55′Ben Foden77′Mark Cueto
ENG

Team stats

FRA
50%Possession50%
48%Territory52%
103Carries98
366Metres gained291
13Defenders beaten11
182Passes107
95Tackles made110
11Tackles missed13
84/86Rucks won82/85
13/16Lineouts won8/9
3/3Mauls won3/4
6Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 1/2, penalties 0/0 · FRA conversions 0/2, penalties 2/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Matt StevensProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Louis DeaconSecond row
  5. 5Tom PalmerSecond row
  6. 6Tom CroftFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Mark CuetoWing
  12. 12Toby FloodCentre
  13. 13Manu TuilagiCentre
  14. 14Chris AshtonWing
  15. 15Ben FodenFull-back
  16. 16Dylan HartleyBench
  17. 17Alex CorbisieroBench
  18. 18Simon ShawBench
  19. 19Courtney LawesBench
  20. 20James HaskellBench
  21. 21Richard WigglesworthBench
  22. 22Matt BanahanBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Morgan ParraFly-half
  11. 11Alexis PalissonWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Francois Trinh-DucBench
  21. 21David MartyBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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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.