ENG
	No.	Name
15Mike Brown, FB
14Anthony Watson, W T
13Jonathan Joseph, C
12Luther Burrell, C
11Jack Nowell, W T 2
10George Ford, FH T  7  2
9Ben Youngs, SH T 2
1Joe Marler, P
2Dylan Hartley, H
3Dan Cole, P
4Geoff Parling, L
5Courtney Lawes, L
6James Haskell, FL
7Chris Robshaw, FL
8Billy Vunipola, N8 T
Replacements
16Tom Youngs, H
17Mako Vunipola, P
18Kieran Brookes, P
19Nick Easter, L
20Tom Wood, FL
21Richard Wigglesworth, SH
22Danny Cipriani, W
23Billy Twelvetrees, C

FRA
	No.	Name
15Scott Spedding, FB
14Yoann Huget, W
13Gael Fickou, C
12Maxime Mermoz, C T
11Noa Nakaitaci, W T
10Jules Plisson, FH  2 
9Sebastien Tillous-Borde, SH T
1Vincent Debaty, P T
2Guilhem Guirado, H
3Nicolas Mas, P
4Alexandre Flanquart, L
5Yoann Maestri, L
6Thierry Dusautoir, FL
7Bernard Le Roux, FL
8Loann Goujon, N8
16Benjamin Kayser, H T
17Rabah Slimani, P
18Uini Atonio, P
19Romain Taofifenua, L
20Damien Chouly, N8
21Rory Kockott, SH 
22Remi Tales, FH
23Mathieu Bastareaud, C

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Twickenham

5:00 PM, March 21, 2015

Attendance: 82,319

3324dPA Sport

Try deluge not enough for England

England scored seven tries in beating France 55-35 in a phenomenal contest at Twickenham, but fell agonisingly short of winning the Six Nations as Ireland retained their title

Match Commentary

81'		In summary.... IRELAND ARE SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONS, 2015 Tom Hamilton: "In the end it was just too big a margin. England can feel hugely proud of their efforts. Ben Youngs was superb. They will go into the World Cup a wounded beast. It may yet be the making of this team." Thank you for your company throughout this match, this afternoon and throughout the Six Nations championship. It's been a thrilling end to the tournament and sets rugby up beautifully for the Rugby World Cup. Roll on September 18, and the curtain-raiser: England v Fiji at Twickenham. We'll be there - you should be too!
81'		55-35 End of half
81'		55-35 End of half

Match Stats

ENG

FRA

43%

57%

47%

53%

ENG

FRA

115	Runs	147
651	Metres Run	708
15	Clean Breaks	14
161	Tackles	104
25	Missed Tackles	24
16	Turnover Knock On	12

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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