Full time24 February 1951
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1951Head-to-head
France won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –TEngland try · Brian Boobbyer3–0
- –CFrance conversion · Jean Prat3–2
- –TFrance try · Jean Prat3–5
- –TFrance try · Guy Basquet3–8
- –DFrance drop goal · Jean Prat3–11
Line-ups
England
- 1Robert StirlingProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Walter HolmesProp
- 4Dennis WilkinsSecond row
- 5Bruce NealeSecond row
- 6Vic RobertsFlanker
- 7George Ritson ThomasFlanker
- 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
- 9Gordon RimmerScrum-half
- 10Evan HardyFly-half
- 11Victor TindallWing
- 12Brian BoobbyerCentre
- 13Ivor PreeceCentre
- 14Charles WoodruffWing
- 15Ted HewittFull-back
France
- 1Rene BernardProp
- 2Pierre PascalinHooker
- 3Pierre BertrandProp
- 4Lucien MiasSecond row
- 5Henri FouresSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Rene BienesFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Andre AlvarezFly-half
- 11Michel PomathiosWing
- 12Guy BelletanteCentre
- 13Georges BrunCentre
- 14Alain PorthaultWing
- 15Roger ArcalisFull-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
- Previous meeting: 25 February 1950, England 3–6 France
- Next meeting on record: 5 April 1952
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.