TheBreakdown
Full time19 April 1947
England
6–3
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Richard Guest3–0
  2. –TEngland try · Vic Roberts6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Jean Prat6–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1George GibbsProp
  2. 2Alan HendersonHooker
  3. 3Harry WalkerProp
  4. 4James GeorgeSecond row
  5. 5Joseph MycockSecond row
  6. 6Vic RobertsFlanker
  7. 7Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
  8. 8Robert WeighillNumber 8
  9. 9John Newton ThompsonScrum-half
  10. 10Nim HallFly-half
  11. 11David SwarbrickWing
  12. 12John HeatonCentre
  13. 13Billy BennettCentre
  14. 14Richard GuestWing
  15. 15Syd NewmanFull-back

France

  1. 1Lucien CaronProp
  2. 2Marcel JolHooker
  3. 3Euqene BuzyProp
  4. 4Alban MogaSecond row
  5. 5Robert SoroSecond row
  6. 6Jean Matheu-CambasFlanker
  7. 7Jean PratFlanker
  8. 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
  9. 9Yves BergougnanScrum-half
  10. 10Maurice TerreauFly-half
  11. 11Henri DutrainWing
  12. 12Michel SorondoCentre
  13. 13Louis JunqasCentre
  14. 14Elie PebeyreWing
  15. 15Andre AlvarezFull-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.