Full time23 February 1963
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1963Head-to-head
England won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · John Willcox3–0
- –PEngland penalty · John Willcox6–0
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Albaladejo6–2
- –TFrance try · Guy Boniface6–5
Line-ups
England
- 1Kenneth WilsonProp
- 2John ThorneHooker
- 3Nicholas Drake-LeeProp
- 4Thomas PargetterSecond row
- 5John OwenSecond row
- 6Donald ManleyFlanker
- 7Budge RogersFlanker
- 8David PerryNumber 8
- 9Simon ClarkeScrum-half
- 10Richard SharpFly-half
- 11Jim RobertsWing
- 12Mike WestonCentre
- 13Malcolm PhillipsCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15John WillcoxFull-back
France
- 1Francis MasProp
- 2Raymond RebujentHooker
- 3Fernand ZagoProp
- 4Maurice LiraSecond row
- 5Jean-Pierre SauxSecond row
- 6Jean FabreFlanker
- 7Michel CrausteFlanker
- 8Henri RomeroNumber 8
- 9Pierre LacroixScrum-half
- 10Pierre AlbaladejoFly-half
- 11Christian DarrouyWing
- 12Andre BonifaceCentre
- 13Guy BonifaceCentre
- 14Pierre BessonWing
- 15Paul DedieuFull-back
Match officials
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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: 24 February 1962, England 0–13 France
- Next meeting on record: 22 February 1964
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.