TheBreakdown
Full time22 August 2015
France
25–20
England
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Men's Internationals 2015Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PFrance penalty · Scott Spedding3–0
  2. 12’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak6–0
  3. 18’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak9–0
  4. 27’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak12–0
  5. 29’PEngland penalty · George Ford12–3
  6. 35’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak15–3
  7. 41’PEngland penalty · George Ford15–6
  8. 47’TFrance try · Yoann Huget20–6
  9. 48’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak22–6
  10. 67’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak25–6
  11. 73’TEngland try · Danny Cipriani25–11
  12. 74’CEngland conversion · George Ford25–13
  13. 79’TEngland try · Jonathan Joseph25–18
  14. 80’CEngland conversion · George Ford25–20

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Eddy Ben ArousProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Damien ChoulyFlanker
  7. 7Bernard Le RouxFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Noa NakaitaciWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Yoann HugetWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Vincent DebatyBench
  18. 18Uini AtonioBench
  19. 19Alexandre FlanquartBench
  20. 20Yannick NyangaBench
  21. 21Rory KockottBench
  22. 22Remi TalesBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

England

  1. 1Joe MarlerProp
  2. 2Tom YoungsHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Joe LaunchburySecond row
  5. 5Courtney LawesSecond row
  6. 6James HaskellFlanker
  7. 7Chris RobshawFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Luther BurrellCentre
  13. 13Jonathan JosephCentre
  14. 14Jack NowellWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Mako VunipolaBench
  18. 18David WilsonBench
  19. 19David AttwoodBench
  20. 20Nick EasterBench
  21. 21Danny CareBench
  22. 22Danny CiprianiBench
  23. 23Billy TwelvetreesBench

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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.