TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 2016
France
21–31
England
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2016Head-to-head

England won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud3–0
  2. 5’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell3–3
  3. 13’TEngland try · Danny Care3–8
  4. 13’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell3–10
  5. 16’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud6–10
  6. 21’TEngland try · Dan Cole6–15
  7. 22’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell6–17
  8. 30’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud9–17
  9. 40’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud12–17
  10. 44’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud15–17
  11. 46’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell15–20
  12. 51’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud18–20
  13. 57’TEngland try · Anthony Watson18–25
  14. 59’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud21–25
  15. 73’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell21–28
  16. 78’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell21–31

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Alexandre FlanquartSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Damien ChoulyFlanker
  7. 7Bernard Le RouxFlanker
  8. 8Loann GoujonNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime MachenaudScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Gael FickouCentre
  14. 14Wesley FofanaWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Uini AtonioBench
  18. 18Xavier ChiocciBench
  19. 19Paul JedrasiakBench
  20. 20Wenceslas LauretBench
  21. 21Sebastien BezyBench
  22. 22Jules PlissonBench
  23. 23Maxime MedardBench

England

  1. 1Mako VunipolaProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5George KruisSecond row
  6. 6Chris RobshawFlanker
  7. 7James HaskellFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Jack NowellWing
  12. 12Owen FarrellCentre
  13. 13Jonathan JosephCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Luke Cowan-DickieBench
  17. 17Joe MarlerBench
  18. 18Kieran BrookesBench
  19. 19Joe LaunchburyBench
  20. 20Jack CliffordBench
  21. 21Ben YoungsBench
  22. 22Manu TuilagiBench
  23. 23Elliot DalyBench

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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.