| ENGLAND 24 | V | FRANCE 13 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship Updated 01.03.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de France, Paris | DATE: 23 February 2008 | SPECTATORS: 80,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Steve Walsh (Australia) | HALFTIME: 13-7 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Sackey, Wigglesworth | TRIES: Nallet | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Wilkinson | CONVERSIONS: Traille | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Wilkinson (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Parra, Yachvili | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Wilkinson | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Ian Balshaw | Gloucester | 15 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 14 | Paul Sackey | London Wasps | 14 | Aurelien Rougerie (22) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 13 | James Noon (22) | Newcastle Falcons | 13 | David Marty | Perpignan | ||
| 12 | Toby Flood | Newcastle Falcons | 12 | Damien Traille | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 11 | Lesley Vainikolo | Gloucester | 11 | Vincent Clerc | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | Newcastle Falcons | 10 | François Trinh-Duc (21) | Montpellier | ||
| 9 | Richard Wigglesworth | Sale Sharks | 9 | Morgan Parra (20) | Bourgoin | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Easter | Harlequins | 8 | Louis Picamoles (19) | Montpellier | ||
| 7 | Michael Lipman | Bath Rugby | 7 | Julien Bonnaire | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 6 | James Haskell (19) | London Wasps | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 5 | Steven Borthwick | Bath Rugby | 5 | Pascal Pape (18) | Stade Français | ||
| 4 | Simon Shaw (18) | London Wasps | 4 | Lionel Nallet (Capt.) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 3 | Philip Vickery (Capt.) | London Wasps | 3 | Nicolas Mas (17) | Perpignan | ||
| 2 | Mark Regan (16) | Bristol Rugby | 2 | Dimitri Szarzewski (16) | Stade Français | ||
| 1 | Andrew Sheridan (17) | Sale Sharks | 1 | Lionel Faure | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 16 | Lee Mears (2) | Bath Rugby | 16 | William Servat (2) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 17 | Matthew Stevens (1) | Bath Rugby | 17 | Jean-Baptiste Poux (3) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 18 | Benjamin Kay (4) | Leicester Tigers | 18 | Jérôme Thion (5) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 19 | Thomas Croft (6) | Leicester Tigers | 19 | Fulgence Ouedraogo (8) | Montpellier | ||
| 20 | Paul Hodgson | London Irish | 20 | Dimitri Yachvili (9) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 21 | Daniel Cipriani | London Wasps | 21 | David Skrela (10) | Stade Francais | ||
| 22 | Matthew Tait (13) | Newcastle Falcons | 22 | Anthony Floch (14) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| COACH: Brian Ashton | COACH: Marc Lièvremont | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Croft was making his test debut for England. Wigglesworth's try was his first for England. Floch was making his test debut for France. Pape had last played for France, as captain, in the last test against New Zealand in June 2007. Thion and Poux had last played for France at the 2007 Rugby World Cup whilst Yachvilli had last played against England in the 2007 6 Nations Championship in 2007. Sources http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=19118 |
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