TheBreakdown
Full time20 March 1999
England
21–10
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1999Head-to-head

England won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson12–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson18–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson21–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede21–2
  9. –PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede21–5
  10. –TFrance try · Franck Comba21–10

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Tim RodberSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Dan LugerWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Jonny WilkinsonCentre
  14. 14David ReesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Nick BealBench
  17. 17Barrie-Jon MatherBench
  18. 18Matt DawsonBench
  19. 19Martin CorryBench
  20. 20Garath ArcherBench
  21. 21Victor UboguBench
  22. 22Neil McCarthyBench

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Thomas LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Richard CastelFlanker
  8. 8Christophe JuilletNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Franck CombaCentre
  13. 13Pascal GiordaniCentre
  14. 14Xavier GarbajosaWing
  15. 15Emile NtamackFull-back
  16. 16Christophe LaussucqBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 19Marc RaynaudBench
  19. 20David AuradouBench
  20. 21Christian CalifanoBench
  21. 22Marc 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.