TheBreakdown
Full time6 September 2003
England
45–14
France
Twickenham, London, EnglandHead-to-head

England won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron0–3
  2. 7’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–3
  3. 9’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–3
  4. 17’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson9–3
  5. 27’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson12–3
  6. 34’TEngland try · Ben Cohen17–3
  7. 35’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson19–3
  8. 37’TEngland try · Ben Cohen24–3
  9. 38’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson26–3
  10. 42’TEngland try · Iain Balshaw31–3
  11. 55’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron31–6
  12. 73’DFrance drop goal · Yannick Jauzion31–9
  13. 81’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson33–9
  14. 81’TEngland try · Josh Lewsey38–9
  15. 83’TEngland try · Jason Robinson43–9
  16. 84’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson45–9
  17. 96’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie45–14

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Trevor WoodmanProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Stuart AbbottCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Iain BalshawWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Dorian WestBench
  17. 17Jason LeonardBench
  18. 18Simon ShawBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Matt DawsonBench
  21. 21Paul GraysonBench
  22. 22Josh LewseyBench

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  7. 7Patrick TabaccoFlanker
  8. 8Christian LabitNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Brian LiebenbergCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Xavier GarbajosaWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Fabien PelousBench
  19. 19Imanol HarinordoquyBench
  20. 20Olivier MagneBench
  21. 21Frederic MichalakBench
  22. 22Aurélien RougerieBench

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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.