Teams

England	France
Tries Duckham, Rossborough	Tries Etchenique, Gourdon, Guilbert, Spanghero
Cons none	Cons Paries 4
Pens Rossborough 4	Pens Paries
Team 15 FB Peter Rossborough 14 W Peter Squires 13 C Peter Warfield 12 C Peter Preece 11 W David Duckham 10 FH Martin Cooper 9 SH Jan Webster 1 P Stack Stevens 2 H Peter Wheeler 3 P Fran Cotton (c) 4 L Roger Uttley 5 L Chris Ralston 6 F John Watkins 7 F Tony Neary 8 N8 Andy Ripley     Replacements 16 Tony Jorden 17 Keith Smith 18 Steve Smith 19 Robin Cowling 20 John Pullin 21 Bill Beaumont	Team 15 FB Michel Taffary 14 W Jean-Francois Gourdon 13 C Claude Dourthe (c) 12 C Jean-Martin Etchenique 11 W Roland Bertranne 10 FH Lucien Paries 9 SH Richard Astre 1 P Armand Vaquerin 2 H Alain Paco 3 P Gerard Cholley 4 L Alain Esteve 5 L Alain Guilbert 6 F Jean-Pierre Rives 7 F Jean-Claude Skrela 8 N8 Claude Spanghero     Replacements 16 Jean-Louis Ugartemendia 17 Robert Paparemborde 18 Victor Boffelli 19 Gerard Martinez 20 Jean-Luc Averous 21 Jean-Michel Aguirre

Notes

Result France won by a margin of 7 points

Five Nations points France 2, England 0

Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London

Attendance 70000

Referee TFE Grierson (Scotland)

England Test debuts PJ Wheeler

France Test debuts G Cholley, A Guilbert, JP Rives

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

Other scores

Five Nations
Scotland	20 - 13	Ireland	Murrayfield