FRA
	No.	Name
15Hugo Bonneval, FB
14Benjamin Fall, W
13Mathieu Bastareaud, C
12Geoffrey Doumayrou, C
11Remy Grosso, W
10Francois Trinh-Duc, FH
9Maxime Machenaud, SH  4
1Jefferson Poirot, P
2Guilhem Guirado, H
3Rabah Slimani, P
4Paul Gabrillagues, L
5Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
6Wenceslas Lauret, FL
7Yacouba Camara, FL
8Marco Tauleigne, N8
Replacements
16Adrien Pelissie, R
17Dany Priso, R
18Cedate Gomes Sa, R
19Bernard Le Roux, R
20Kelian Galletier, R
21Baptiste Couilloud, R
22Lionel Beauxis, R 
23Gael Fickou, R

ENG
	No.	Name
15Anthony Watson, FB
14Jonny May, W T
13Ben Te'o, C
12Owen Farrell, C   2
11Elliot Daly, W 
10George Ford, FH
9Danny Care, SH
1Mako Vunipola, P
2Jamie George, H
3Dan Cole, P
4Joe Launchbury, L
5Maro Itoje, L
6Courtney Lawes, FL
7Chris Robshaw, FL
8Nathan Hughes, N8
16Luke Cowan-Dickie, R
17Joe Marler, R
18Kyle Sinckler, R
19James Haskell, R
20Sam Simmonds, R
21Richard Wigglesworth, R
22Jonathan Joseph, R
23Mike Brown, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade de France

4:45 PM, March 10, 2018

2244dESPN Staff

France gift Six Nations title to Ireland in defeat of England

England needed a bonus-point win against France to keep the Six Nations title from Ireland, but a drab performance in 22-16 defeat in Paris handed a third championship in five years to Joe Schmidt's side.

Match Commentary

81'+3		22-16 End of second half
80'		Itoje, Sinckler and Cowan-Dickie take the ball to within inches of the line but the latter knocks the ball on. France have won deservedly. England have lost twice in a row for the first time under Eddie Jones. Next week's clash with Ireland will be a dead rubber.
80'		Itoje claims the lineout this time. Richard Wigglesworth gives the ball to Haskell who makes a few metres...

Match Stats

FRA

ENG

46%

54%

44%

56%

FRA

ENG

136	Runs	137
402	Metres Run	363
6	Clean Breaks	6
176	Tackles	167
8	Missed Tackles	17
4	Turnover Knock On	9

Standings

Six Nations
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	5	+84	20
2	FRA	5	+6	15
3	ENG	5	-5	14
4	SCOT	5	0	12
5	ITALY	5	-34	11
6	WALES	5	-51	4

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