| ENGLAND 34 | V | FRANCE 10 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship | DATE: 15 March 2009 Updated: 06.04.2009 | ||||||
| VENUE: Twickenham | SPECTATORS: 82,000 | ||||||
| REFEREE: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | HALFTIME: 29-0 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Flutey (2), Cueto, Armitage, Worsley | TRIES: Szarzewski, Malzieu | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Flood (3) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Flood | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Delon Armitage | London Irish | 15 | Maxime Médard | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 14 | Ugo Monye (22) | Harlequins | 14 | Julien Malzieu | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 13 | Michael Tindall | Gloucester | 13 | Mathieu Bastareaud (21) | Stade Francais | ||
| 12 | Riki Flutey | London Wasps | 12 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 11 | Mark Cueto | Sale Sharks | 11 | Cedric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 10 | Tobias Flood (21) | Leicester Tigers | 10 | Francois Trinh-Duc (22) | Montpellier | ||
| 9 | Harold Ellis (20) | Leicester Tigers | 9 | Morgan Parra (20) | Bourgoin | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Easter | Harlequins | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy (18) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 7 | Joseph Worsley (19) | London Wasps | 7 | Sebastien Chabal | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 6 | Thomas Croft | Leicester Tigers | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 5 | Simon Shaw (18) | London Wasps | 5 | Jérôme Thion (19) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 4 | Steven Borthwick (Capt.) | Saracens | 4 | Lionel Nallet (Capt) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 3 | Phillip Vickery | London Wasps | 3 | Sylvain Marconnet | Stade Français | ||
| 2 | Lee Mears (16) | Bath Rugby | 2 | Dimitri Szarzewski (16) | Stade Français | ||
| 1 | Andrew Sheridan (17) | Sale Sharks | 1 | Lionel Faure (17) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 16 | Dylan Hartley (2) | Northampton Saints | 16 | Benjamin Kayser (2) | Leicester Tigers, England | ||
| 17 | Julian White (1) | Leicester Tigers | 17 | Thomas Domingo (1) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 18 | James Haskell (5) | London Wasps | 18 | Louis Picamoles (8) | Montpellier | ||
| 19 | Nicholas Kennedy (7) | London Irish | 19 | Julien Bonnaire (5) | Bourgoin | ||
| 20 | Daniel Care (9) | Harlequins | 20 | Sebastien Tillous-Borde (9) | Castres | ||
| 21 | Andrew Goode (10) | CA Brive, France | 21 | Florin Fritz (13) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 22 | Mathew Tait (14) | Sale Sharks | 22 | Damien Traille (10) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| HEAD COACH: Martin Johnson | HEAD COACH: Marc Lièvrement | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES France recalled two veterans for this match. Thion and Bonnaire had last played a year ago for France against Wales in the 2008 6 Nations match. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7941972.stm |
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