TheBreakdown
Full time26 February 1949
England
8–3
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1949Head-to-head

England won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · William Holmes2–0
  2. –TEngland try · Lewis Cannell5–0
  3. –DEngland drop goal · Ivor Preece8–0
  4. –DFrance drop goal · Andre Alvarez8–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Thomas PriceProp
  2. 2John SteedsHooker
  3. 3John Kendall-CarpenterProp
  4. 4John MatthewsSecond row
  5. 5Geoffrey HoskingSecond row
  6. 6Jika TraversFlanker
  7. 7Vic RobertsFlanker
  8. 8Douglas VaughanNumber 8
  9. 9William MooreScrum-half
  10. 10Ivor PreeceFly-half
  11. 11Robert KennedyWing
  12. 12Clive Van RyneveldCentre
  13. 13Lewis CannellCentre
  14. 14Richard GuestWing
  15. 15William HolmesFull-back

France

  1. 1Lucien CaronProp
  2. 2Marcel JolHooker
  3. 3Euqene BuzyProp
  4. 4Alban MogaSecond row
  5. 5Robert SoroSecond row
  6. 6Jean PratFlanker
  7. 7Jean Matheu-CambasFlanker
  8. 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
  9. 9Yves BergougnanScrum-half
  10. 10Jean PilonFly-half
  11. 11Jean LassegueWing
  12. 12Henri DutrainCentre
  13. 13Pierre DizaboCentre
  14. 14Michel PomathiosWing
  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.