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Full time27 February 1971
England
14–14
France
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Bob Hiller14–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux14–2
  7. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux14–5
  8. –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne14–8
  9. –TFrance try · Jack Cantoni14–11
  10. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Louis Berot14–14

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Peter LarterSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Ronald HannafordNumber 8
  9. 9Jacko PageScrum-half
  10. 10Ian WrightFly-half
  11. 11Peter GloverWing
  12. 12David DuckhamCentre
  13. 13Chris WardlowCentre
  14. 14Jeremy JanionWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back
  16. AG JohnsonBench
  17. Fran CottonBench
  18. Alan CowmanBench
  19. Robert TaylorBench
  20. Nigel Starmer-SmithBench

France

  1. 1Michel LasserreProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Walter SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
  6. 6Michel YachviliFlanker
  7. 7Christian CarrereFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jack CantoniWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Jean SillieresWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. Andre QuilisBench
  17. Marc EtcheverryBench
  18. Michel PebeyreBench
  19. Christian SwierczinskiBench
  20. Alain MarotBench

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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.