TheBreakdown
Full time26 February 1955
England
9–16
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1955Head-to-head

France won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · David Hazell3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · David Hazell6–0
  3. –TEngland try · Reginald Higgins9–0
  4. –CFrance conversion · Michel Vannier9–2
  5. –CFrance conversion · Michel Vannier9–4
  6. –TFrance try · Michel Celaya9–7
  7. –TFrance try · Robert Baulon9–10
  8. –DFrance drop goal · Jean Prat9–13
  9. –DFrance drop goal · Jean Prat9–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1George HastingsProp
  2. 2Nicholas LabuschagneHooker
  3. 3David HazellProp
  4. 4Peter YoungSecond row
  5. 5Peter YarrantonSecond row
  6. 6Dyson WilsonFlanker
  7. 7Reginald HigginsFlanker
  8. 8Ian BeerNumber 8
  9. 9Johnny WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Douglas BakerFly-half
  11. 11Reginald BazleyWing
  12. 12William DaviesCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14Frank SykesWing
  15. 15Harry ScottFull-back

France

  1. 1Amedee DomenechProp
  2. 2Paul LabadieHooker
  3. 3Rene BrejassouProp
  4. 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
  5. 5Michel CelayaSecond row
  6. 6Jean PratFlanker
  7. 7Henri DomecFlanker
  8. 8Robert BaulonNumber 8
  9. 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
  10. 10Andre HagetFly-half
  11. 11Jacques LepateyWing
  12. 12Jacques BouquetCentre
  13. 13Maurice PratCentre
  14. 14Henri RancouleWing
  15. 15Michel VannierFull-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.