TheBreakdown
Full time25 February 1928
England
18–8
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1928Head-to-head

England won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson6–0
  4. –TEngland try · Godfrey Palmer9–0
  5. –TEngland try · Godfrey Palmer12–0
  6. –TEngland try · Harold Periton15–0
  7. –TEngland try · Harold Periton18–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Andre Verger18–2
  9. –TFrance try · Adolphe Jaureguy18–5
  10. –TFrance try · Jean Galia18–8

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Edward StanburyProp
  2. 2John TuckerHooker
  3. 3Robert SparksProp
  4. 4Kendrick StarkSecond row
  5. 5Ronald Cove-SmithSecond row
  6. 6Jerry HanleyFlanker
  7. 7Harold PeritonFlanker
  8. 8Doug PrenticeNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Henri LairdFly-half
  11. 11Godfrey PalmerWing
  12. 12James RichardsonCentre
  13. 13Carl AarvoldCentre
  14. 14Kirwan TaylorWing
  15. 15Monkey SellarFull-back

France

  1. 1Jules HaucProp
  2. 2Fernand CamicasHooker
  3. 3Joseph SayrouProp
  4. 4Jean GaliaSecond row
  5. 5Andre CamelSecond row
  6. 6Eugene RibereFlanker
  7. 7Alex BioussaFlanker
  8. 8Etienne PiquiralNumber 8
  9. 9Lucien SerinScrum-half
  10. 10Andre VergerFly-half
  11. 11Adolphe JaureguyWing
  12. 12Andre BehoteguyCentre
  13. 13Henri BehoteguyCentre
  14. 14Jean JardelWing
  15. 15Louis PellissierFull-back

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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.