Full time28 February 1959
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1959Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · James Hetherington3–0
- –PFrance penalty · Antoine Labazuy3–3
Line-ups
England
- 1Lawrence WebbProp
- 2Herbert GodwinHooker
- 3Gordon BendonProp
- 4David MarquesSecond row
- 5John CurrieSecond row
- 6John HerbertFlanker
- 7Jeff ClementsFlanker
- 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
- 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
- 10Bev RismanFly-half
- 11Peter ThompsonWing
- 12Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 13Malcolm PhillipsCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15James HetheringtonFull-back
France
- 1Aldo QuaglioProp
- 2Robert VigierHooker
- 3Alfred RoquesProp
- 4Michel CelayaSecond row
- 5Bernard MommejatSecond row
- 6Michel CrausteFlanker
- 7Francois MonclaFlanker
- 8Jean BartheNumber 8
- 9Pierre DanosScrum-half
- 10Antoine LabazuyFly-half
- 11Jean DupuyWing
- 12Arnaud MarquesuzaaCentre
- 13Andre BonifaceCentre
- 14Christian DarrouyWing
- 15Pierre LacazeFull-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: 1 March 1958, England 14–0 France
- Next meeting on record: 27 February 1960
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.