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

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

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade de France

4:45 PM, March 10, 2018

2449dESPN 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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