TheBreakdown
Full time27 February 1965
England
9–6
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1965Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Don Rutherford3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Don Rutherford6–0
  3. –TEngland try · Colin Payne9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Paul Dedieu9–3
  5. –TFrance try · Christian Darrouy9–6

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Pinky HortonProp
  2. 2Stephen RichardsHooker
  3. 3Phil JuddProp
  4. 4John OwenSecond row
  5. 5Colin PayneSecond row
  6. 6Nicholas SilkFlanker
  7. 7Budge RogersFlanker
  8. 8David PerryNumber 8
  9. 9Simon ClarkeScrum-half
  10. 10Mike WestonFly-half
  11. 11Peter CookWing
  12. 12Geoffrey FrankcomCentre
  13. 13David RosserCentre
  14. 14Andrew HancockWing
  15. 15Don RutherfordFull-back

France

  1. 1Arnaldo GruarinProp
  2. 2Yves MenthillerHooker
  3. 3Jean-Claude BerejnoiProp
  4. 4Walter SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Joseph RupertFlanker
  7. 7Michel CrausteFlanker
  8. 8Andre HerreroNumber 8
  9. 9Claude LabordeScrum-half
  10. 10Jean CapdouzeFly-half
  11. 11Christian DarrouyWing
  12. 12Jean PiqueCentre
  13. 13Guy BonifaceCentre
  14. 14Jean GachassinWing
  15. 15Paul DedieuFull-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.