Full time24 February 1973
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head
England won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Tony Jorden3–0
- –PEngland penalty · Tony Jorden6–0
- –TEngland try · David Duckham10–0
- –TEngland try · David Duckham14–0
- –CFrance conversion · Jean-Pierre Romeu14–2
- –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne14–6
Line-ups
England
- 1Stack StevensProp
- 2John PullinHooker
- 3Fran CottonProp
- 4Roger UttleySecond row
- 5Chris RalstonSecond row
- 6Peter DixonFlanker
- 7Tony NearyFlanker
- 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
- 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
- 10Martin CooperFly-half
- 11David DuckhamWing
- 12Peter PreeceCentre
- 13Geoff EvansCentre
- 14Peter SquiresWing
- 15Tony JordenFull-back
- 16Jeremy JanionBench
- 17Alan CowmanBench
- 18Jan WebsterBench
- 19JD GrayBench
- 20John WatkinsBench
- 21Peter LarterBench
France
- 1Andre DarrieussecqProp
- 2Renee BenesisHooker
- 3Jean IracabalProp
- 4Alain EsteveSecond row
- 5Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
- 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
- 7Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
- 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
- 9Max BarrauScrum-half
- 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
- 11Jean-Pierre LuxWing
- 12Jean TrilloCentre
- 13Claude DourtheCentre
- 14Roland BertranneWing
- 15Michel DroitecourtFull-back
- 16A ClercBench
- 17Jean-Claude RossignolBench
- 18Jean Claude SkrelaBench
- 19Richard AstreBench
- 20J-C RoquesBench
- 21J-P PuydeboisBench
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: 26 February 1972, England 12–37 France
- Next meeting on record: 2 March 1974
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.