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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal · 16 November 2003Head-to-head
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England won by 17 points.Half-time 7–12 · Tries 1–0 · FRA 2 yellow cards

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA12918
ENG556
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA1/10/00
ENG0/05/53
← 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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  • 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
11′FranceTry, Serge Betsen, converted5–3
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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11′Serge Betsen
FRA

Team stats

ENG
100%Possession0%
58Carries112
227Metres gained315
3Clean breaks2
6Defenders beaten18
56Passes125
2Offloads7
129Tackles made55
18Tackles missed6
32/35Rucks won87/87
14/18Lineouts won15/20
10/12Scrums won14/15
6/8Mauls won10/10
7Turnovers won10
11Penalties conceded6
40Kicks from hand41
1,078Kick metres1,469
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0 · ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5. 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. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Christian LabitBench
  20. 20Gérald MerceronBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Clément PoitrenaudBench

England

  1. 1Trevor WoodmanProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Jason RobinsonWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16Dorian WestBench
  17. 17Jason LeonardBench
  18. 18Martin CorryBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Kyran BrackenBench
  21. 21Mike TindallBench
  22. 22Iain BalshawBench

Match officials

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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.