TheBreakdown
Full time7 February 1998
France
24–17
England
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

France won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson0–3
  2. 12’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison2–3
  3. 12’TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles7–3
  4. 20’TFrance try · Christophe Dominici12–3
  5. 35’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison15–3
  6. 43’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson15–6
  7. 46’DFrance drop goal · Thomas Castaignede18–6
  8. 49’TEngland try · Neil Back18–11
  9. 56’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson18–14
  10. 68’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison21–14
  11. 71’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson21–17
  12. 80’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Luc Sadourny24–17

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Xavier GarbajosaBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Fabien GalthiéBench
  19. 19Marc LievremontBench
  20. 20Thierry CledaBench
  21. 21Cedric SouletteBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Garath ArcherSecond row
  5. 5Martin JohnsonSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Austin HealeyWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14David ReesWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Matt PerryBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Matt DawsonBench
  19. 19Graham RowntreeBench
  20. 20Dorian WestBench
  21. 21Danny GrewcockBench
  22. 22Tony DiproseBench

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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.