TheBreakdown
Full time22 February 1969
England
22–8
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1969Head-to-head

England won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller7–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller10–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller13–0
  6. –TEngland try · Keith Fielding16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Rod Webb19–0
  8. –TEngland try · David Rollitt22–0
  9. –CFrance conversion · Claude Lacaze22–2
  10. –TFrance try · Jean-Marie Bonal22–5
  11. –DFrance drop goal · Claude Lacaze22–8

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Nigel HortonSecond row
  5. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  6. 6Robert TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Budge RogersFlanker
  8. 8David RollittNumber 8
  9. 9Trevor WintleScrum-half
  10. 10John FinlanFly-half
  11. 11Rod WebbWing
  12. 12John SpencerCentre
  13. 13David DuckhamCentre
  14. 14Keith FieldingWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back
  16. 16Bob LloydBench
  17. 17Timothy DaltonBench
  18. 18Jan WebsterBench
  19. 20Mike DavisBench
  20. 21RFS HarrisBench

France

  1. 1Michel LasserreProp
  2. 2Christian SwierczinskiHooker
  3. 3Jean EspondaProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Alain PlantefolSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  7. 7Michel HauserFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Marcel PugetScrum-half
  10. 10Claude LacazeFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Marie BonalWing
  12. 12Jean TrilloCentre
  13. 13Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  14. 14Basil MoraitisWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Michel YachviliBench
  17. 17Jean IracabalBench
  18. 18Gerard SutraBench
  19. 19Henri MagoisBench

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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.