TheBreakdown
Full time13 February 2005
England
17–18
France
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2005Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 6’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili0–3
  2. 20’TEngland try · Olly Barkley5–3
  3. 21’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson7–3
  4. 28’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson10–3
  5. 31’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili10–6
  6. 37’TEngland try · Josh Lewsey15–6
  7. 38’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson17–6
  8. 56’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili17–9
  9. 62’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili17–12
  10. 69’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili17–15
  11. 76’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili17–18

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Harry EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie HodgsonFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Olly BarkleyCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Andy TitterrellBench
  17. 17Andrew SheridanBench
  18. 18Steve BorthwickBench
  19. 19Andy HazellBench
  20. 20Matt DawsonBench
  21. 21Henry PaulBench
  22. 22Ben CohenBench

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Sébastien BrunoHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Yann DelaigueFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Brian LiebenbergCentre
  14. 14Jimmy MarluWing
  15. 15Pepito ElhorgaFull-back
  16. 16William ServatBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18Gregory LamboleyBench
  19. 19Yannick NyangaBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Frederic MichalakBench
  22. 22Jean Philippe GrandclaudeBench

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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.