TheBreakdown
Full time15 February 2003
England
25–17
France
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

England won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 15’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–0
  2. 18’TFrance try · Olivier Magne3–5
  3. 19’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron3–7
  4. 20’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–7
  5. 30’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson9–7
  6. 45’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson12–7
  7. 50’TEngland try · Jason Robinson17–7
  8. 51’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson19–7
  9. 60’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson22–7
  10. 65’DEngland drop goal · Jonny Wilkinson25–7
  11. 68’TFrance try · Clément Poitrenaud25–12
  12. 83’TFrance try · Damien Traille25–17

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Lewis MoodyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Charlie HodgsonCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Dan LugerWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17Graham RowntreeBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Lawrence DallaglioBench
  20. 20Nick WalsheBench
  21. 21Phil ChristophersBench
  22. 22James Simpson-DanielBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Christian CalifanoProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Vincent ClercWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Xavier GarbajosaCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Baptiste RueBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Sébastien ChabalBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Francois GelezBench
  22. 22Thomas CastaignedeBench

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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.