France 22-16 England
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance: 78,060
France v England Match Reports
France claimed a tense 22-16 victory in Paris to end England's hopes of retaining their Six Nations title. England started the match knowing that they had to beat France and score four tries in order to keep their title hopes alive. In the end England failed to do either as France halted their progress and gifted the title to Ireland. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: England surrender Six Nations title following defeat in France
- BBC: England hopes ended by defeat in France
- Guardian: Uninspired England’s title hopes ended by scrappy defeat to France
- Telegraph: Ill-disciplined England emasculated by France in Paris to throw huge doubts over World Cup credentials
- Daily Mail: Ireland win Six Nations as Eddie Jones watches his side fall THREE tries short of keeping title race alive with dismal display in Paris
- Sky Sports: Ireland win Six Nations as England fall short in Paris
- ESPN: France gift Six Nations title to Ireland in defeat of England
- NatWest 6 Nations: France edge out England in Paris thriller
- England Rugby: England defeated by France in NatWest 6 Nations
France v England - Match Highlights
France v England - Match Stats
France (9) 22
Try: Penalty try (49')
Penalty: Machenaud (25', 33', 37', 63'), Beauxis (78')
England (9) 16
Try: May (74')
Conversion: Farrell (75')
Penalty: Farrell (4', 29'), Daly (21')
Man of The Match: Remy Grosso (France)
France v England - Team Line-ups
France Team Line-up
- 1 Jefferson Poirot
- 2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Rabah Slimani
- 4 Paul Gabrillagues
- 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina
- 6 Wenceslas Lauret
- 7 Yacouba Camara
- 8 Marco Tauleigne
Backs
- 9 Maxime Machenaud
- 10 Francois Trinh-Duc
- 11 Remy Grosso
- 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou
- 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
- 14 Benjamin Fall
- 15 Hugo Bonneval
Replacements
- 16 Adrien Pelissie
- 17 Dany Priso
- 18 Cedate Gomes Sa
- 19 Romain Taofifenua
- 20 Kelian Galletier
- 21 Baptiste Couilloud
- 22 Lionel Beauxis
- 23 Gael Fickou
England Team Line-up
- 1 Mako Vunipola
- 2 Jamie George
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Joe Launchbury
- 5 Maro Itoje
- 6 Courtney Lawes
- 7 Chris Robshaw
- 8 Nathan Hughes
Backs
- 9 Danny Care
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Elliot Daly
- 12 Owen Farrell (CAPTAIN)
- 13 Ben Te'o
- 14 Jonny May
- 15 Anthony Watson
Replacements
- 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 17 Joe Marler
- 18 Kyle Sinckler
- 19 James Haskell
- 20 Sam Simmonds
- 21 Richard Wigglesworth
- 22 Jonathan Joseph
- 23 Mike Brown