Six Nations - Twickenham, 26 February 2011, 17:00 local, 17:00 GMT
England (9) 17 - 9 (9) France (FT)

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Summary

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4 3 - 0

PENALTY Flood opens the scoring after a strong scrum

6 3 - 3

PENALTY Yachvili levels things up after a good French chase

12 6 - 3

PENALTY Flood lands his second

16 9 - 3

PENALTY Flood makes it three from three

18 9 - 6

PENALTY Yachvili pops up with another penalty from the restart

21 9 - 9

PENALTY All square from Yachvili after another strong French scrum

41 14 - 9

TRY Foden slides over out wide after Yachvili is charged down

51 17 - 9

PENALTY Wilkinson's first kick is between the uprights

Timeline

Time England  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
4 Flood - penalty goal 3 - 0
6 3 - 3 Yachvili - penalty goal
12 Flood - penalty goal 6 - 3
16 Flood - penalty goal 9 - 3
18 9 - 6 Yachvili - penalty goal
21 9 - 9 Yachvili - penalty goal
23 Corbisiero - sub on
Sheridan - sub off
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Foden - try 14 - 9
51 Flood - sub off
Wilkinson - sub on
Wilkinson - penalty goal
17 - 9 Chabal - sub off
Bonnaire - sub on
Traille - sub on
Poitrenaud - sub off
59 Domingo - sub off
Marconnet - sub on
61 Parra - sub on
Pierre - sub off
Yachvili - sub off
Thion - sub on
65 Youngs - sub off
Care - sub on
66 Thompson - sub on
Hartley - sub off
Palisson - sub on
Trinh-Duc - sub off
71 Deacon - sub off
Shaw - sub on
75 Fourie - sub on
Cole - sub off
Hape - sub off
Banahan - sub on
Servat - sub off
Guirado - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result England won by a margin of 8 points
Six Nations points England 2, France 0
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance 82107
 
Referee GJ Clancy (Ireland)
 
England Test debuts none
France Test debuts none

Teams

England France
Tries Foden (41) Tries none
Pens Flood (4, 12, 16), Wilkinson (51) Pens Yachvili (6, 18, 21)

Match stats

England   France
1 Tries 0
0 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
4 from 4 Penalty goals 3 from 5
80.0% Kick at goal success 60.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
24 Kicks from hand 22
134 Passes 150
109 Runs 112
368 Metres run with ball 335
Attacking
54% Possession 46%
57% Territory 43%
7 Clean breaks 3
8 Defenders beaten 6
8 Offloads 15
90 from 97 (92.8%) Rucks won 80 from 84 (95.2%)
0 from 2 (0.0%) Mauls won 1 from 2 (50.0%)
16 Turnovers conceded 21
Defensive
116/6 Tackles made/missed 113/8
95.1% Tackling success rate 93.4%
Set pieces
8 won, 1 lost (88.9%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 3 lost (66.7%)
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 11
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 1/0 5 2/3/9 67 0 1 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 0/2/4 42 1 2 1 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tindall 0/0 0 1/4/8 46 1 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Hape 0/0 0 0/6/5 9 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Cueto 0/0 0 2/2/7 38 1 0 0 2 11/0 0/0 2 0/0
FH Flood 0/0 9 5/19/5 24 1 0 0 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Youngs 0/0 0 7/54/5 6 0 0 1 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Sheridan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 1/2/8 35 1 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/0/4 4 0 0 0 2 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Deacon 0/0 0 0/3/8 10 1 0 1 0 10/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Palmer 0/0 0 0/2/4 4 0 0 0 0 9/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Wood 0/0 0 0/4/7 12 0 0 0 1 9/0 1/1 1 0/0
F Haskell 0/0 0 0/3/8 13 0 0 2 1 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Easter 0/0 0 1/7/14 25 0 1 2 1 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Thompson 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Shaw 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 2/0 0 0/0
(P) Fourie 0/0 0 0/0/2 17 1 2 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Care 0/0 0 1/12/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Wilkinson 0/0 3 4/10/4 11 0 0 1 0 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Banahan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Poitrenaud 0/0 0 2/4/4 28 0 0 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Huget 0/0 0 2/2/7 34 0 0 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Rougerie 0/0 0 1/6/7 26 0 0 1 3 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Jauzion 0/0 0 0/17/10 8 0 1 5 1 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Clerc 0/0 0 2/4/9 59 1 1 1 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Trinh-Duc 0/0 0 7/21/8 26 1 1 2 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/0 9 5/46/5 19 0 0 1 2 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Domingo 0/0 0 0/0/1 6 0 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Servat 0/0 0 0/3/10 13 0 0 1 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 3 0/0
L Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/5 8 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/2/2 1 0 0 0 0 13/0 3/1 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/2/9 24 1 0 0 1 16/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/8/7 23 0 0 2 0 7/0 4/0 0 0/0
N8 Chabal 0/0 0 0/2/6 18 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Guirado 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Marconnet 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Thion 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Bonnaire 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 1 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Parra 0/0 0 0/25/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Traille 0/0 0 1/6/5 17 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Palisson 0/0 0 2/1/3 17 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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