Teams

France	England
Tries Averous, Rives	Tries Carleton, Preston
Cons Caussade	Cons none
Pens Caussade	Pens Hare
Drops none	Drops Horton 2
Team 15 FB Serge Gabernet 14 W Daniel Bustaffa 13 C Roland Bertranne 12 C Didier Codorniou 11 W Jean-Luc Averous 10 FH Alain Caussade 9 SH Jerome Gallion 1 P Patrick Salas 2 H Philippe Dintrans 3 P Robert Paparemborde 4 L Yves Duhard 5 L Alain Maleig 6 F Jean-Pierre Rives (c) 7 F Jean-Luc Joinel 8 N8 Manuel Carpentier     Replacements 16 Alain Paco 17 Daniel Revailler 18 Rene Traille 19 Adrien Mournet 20 Laurent Pardo 21 Pierre Pedeutour	Team 15 FB Dusty Hare 14 W John Carleton 13 C Clive Woodward 12 C Nick Preston 11 W Mike Slemen 10 FH John Horton 9 SH Steve Smith 1 P Fran Cotton 2 H Peter Wheeler 3 P Phil Blakeway 4 L Bill Beaumont (c) 5 L Maurice Colclough 6 F Roger Uttley 7 F Tony Neary 8 N8 John Scott     Replacements 16 Paul Dodge 17 Alan Old 18 Ian Peck 19 Gordon Sargent 20 Steve Mills 21 Mike Rafter

Notes

Result England won by a margin of 4 points

Five Nations points England 2, France 0

Ground name Parc des Princes

Attendance 45251

Referee C Norling (Wales)

France Test debuts M Carpentier, Y Duhard, S Gabernet

England Test debuts none

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Five Nations
Ireland	22 - 15	Scotland	Lansdowne Road