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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Parc des Princes, Paris · 19 October 1991Head-to-head
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England won by 9 points.Half-time 6–10 · Tries 1–2

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205281
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Tacklesmademissed
FRA276
ENG5325
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA0/02/20
ENG1/13/30
← England attack · France 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
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  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
20′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood3–10
52′FranceTry, Jean-Baptiste Lafond10–10
81′EnglandTry, Will Carling, converted10–17
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′
20′Rory Underwood52′Jean-Baptiste Lafond81′Will Carling
FRA

Team stats

ENG
33%Possession67%
95Carries42
439Metres gained125
8Clean breaks2
25Defenders beaten6
80Passes45
15Offloads1
27Tackles made53
6Tackles missed25
22/28Rucks won18/21
10/14Lineouts won21/24
12/13Scrums won20/21
8/10Mauls won6/8
12Penalties conceded7
57Kicks from hand59
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2 · ENG conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. 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

France

  1. 1Gregoire LascubeProp
  2. 2Philippe MaroccoHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Jean-Marie CadieuSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Thierry LacroixFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Luc SadournyBench
  17. 17Patrice LagisquetBench
  18. 18Henri SanzBench
  19. 19Abdelatif BenazziBench
  20. 20Philippe GimbertBench
  21. 21Louis ArmaryBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Paul AckfordSecond row
  6. 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Mike TeagueNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Nigel HeslopWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16David PearsBench
  17. 17Simon HallidayBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  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.