France 21-31 England
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Attendance: 78,834
France v England Match Reports
England completed a Six Nations Grand Slam with a 31-21 victory over France at the Stade de France in Paris. It was England's first Grand Slam in 13 years. Tries from Danny Care and Dan Cole helped England build a 17-12 half time lead. A further try by Anthony Watson, plus three penalties from Owen Farrell in the second half sealed the win for England. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: England win first Grand Slam for 13 years
- Guardian: England win Six Nations grand slam for Eddie Jones against France
- Independent: England seal Grand Slam with 31-21 victory over France
- Telegraph: How England beat France to win the Grand Slam and did Eddie Jones's team selection work?
- Daily Mail: Eddie Jones' men edge 'Le Crunch' for Grand Slam glory after 13-year wait thanks to band of young guns
- ESPN: England complete Grand Slam with victory over France in Paris
- RBS 6 Nations: Clinical England seal the Grand Slam
- England Rugby: England seal Grand Slam with France win
France v England - Match Highlights
France v England - Match Stats
France: (12) 21
Penalty: Machenaud (7)
England: (17) 31
Try: Care, Cole, Watson
Conversion: Farrell (2)
Penalty: Farrell (4)
Man of The Match: Billy Vunipola (England)
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Jefferson Poirot
- 2 Guilhem Guirado (Captain)
- 3 Rabah Slimani
- 4 Alexandre Flanquart
- 5 Yoann Maestri
- 6 Damien Chouly
- 7 Bernard Le Roux
- 8 Loann Goujon
Backs
- 9 Maxime Machenaud
- 10 François Trinh-Duc
- 11 Virimi Vakatawa
- 12 Maxime Mermoz
- 13 Gaël Fickou
- 14 Wesley Fofana
- 15 Scott Spedding
Replacements
- 16 Camille Chat
- 17 Uini Atonio
- 18 Xavier Chiocci
- 19 Paul Jedrasiak
- 20 Wenceslas Lauret
- 21 Sébastien Bézy
- 22 Jules Plisson
- 23 Maxime Médard
England Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Mako Vunipola
- 2 Dylan Hartley (Captain)
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Maro Itoje
- 5 George Kruis
- 6 Chris Robshaw
- 7 James Haskell
- 8 Billy Vunipola
Backs
- 9 Danny Care
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Jack Nowell
- 12 Owen Farrell
- 13 Jonathan Joseph
- 14 Anthony Watson
- 15 Mike Brown
Replacements
- 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 17 Joe Marler
- 18 Kieran Brookes
- 19 Joe Launchbury
- 20 Jack Clifford
- 21 Ben Youngs
- 22 Manu Tuilagi
- 23 Elliot Daly