TheBreakdown
Full time14 April 1956
France
14–9
England
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Antoine Labazuy2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Antoine Labazuy5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Antoine Labazuy8–0
  4. –TFrance try · Jean Dupuy11–0
  5. –TFrance try · Guy Pauthe14–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Dennis Allison14–3
  7. –PEngland penalty · Dennis Allison14–6
  8. –TEngland try · Peter Thompson14–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Amedee DomenechProp
  2. 2Robert VigierHooker
  3. 3Rene BienesProp
  4. 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
  5. 5Michel CelayaSecond row
  6. 6Henri LaziesFlanker
  7. 7Robert BaulonFlanker
  8. 8Jean BartheNumber 8
  9. 9Guy PautheScrum-half
  10. 10Antoine LabazuyFly-half
  11. 11Lucien RogeWing
  12. 12Guy StenerCentre
  13. 13Jacques BouquetCentre
  14. 14Jean DupuyWing
  15. 15Michel VannierFull-back

England

  1. 1Sandy SandersProp
  2. 2Eric EvansHooker
  3. 3Charles JacobsProp
  4. 4David MarquesSecond row
  5. 5John CurrieSecond row
  6. 6Peter RobbinsFlanker
  7. 7Vic RobertsFlanker
  8. 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
  9. 9Johnny WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Martin ReganFly-half
  11. 11Peter ThompsonWing
  12. 12Lewis CannellCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14Peter JacksonWing
  15. 15Dennis AllisonFull-back

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Context

All-time, France 45–61 England, 7 drawn in 113 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
England 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.