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Scene of the first match ever between France and England, 22 March 1906

The first rugby union match between England and France was held on 22 March 1906 at Parc des Princes in Paris.

The traditional name for the annual England versus France rugby union match in the Six Nations Championship as used on both sides of the English Channel is Le Crunch, used since at least 1981 (although it has been named "Eurostar Trophy" a few times in France, since 2000).[1] Apart from their annual match, currently part of the Six Nations Championship, the teams have also met in six warm-up matches prior to the 2003, 2007 and 2015 World Cups, with France winning on four occasions and England two. They have also met on five occasions at the Rugby World Cup with England winning on three occasions and France two. England and France have played each other on 110 occasions, England winning 60, France winning 44, and 7 matches have been drawn. Overall, England have scored 1,795 points, and France 1,490.

Summary

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Overall

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Details Played Won by
England 		Won by
France 		Drawn England points France points
In England 53 36 12 5 949 609
In France 55 23 30 2 801 836
Neutral venue 3 1 2 0 45 45
Overall 111 60 44 7 1,795 1,490

Records

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Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Record England France
Longest winning streak 11 (22 March 1906 – 28 March 1921) 4 (1 February 1975 – 21 January 1978)
Largest points for
Home 55 (21 March 2015) 37 (26 February 1972)
Away 39 (13 April 1914) 53 (11 March 2023)
Largest winning margin
Home 37 (28 January 1911) 25 (26 February 1972; 12 March 2006)
Away 27 (22 March 1906) 43 (11 March 2023)

Results

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No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition
1 22 March 1906 Parc des Princes, Paris 8–35  England 1906 England tour of France
2 5 January 1907 Athletic Ground, Richmond 41–13  England 1907 France tour of England
3 1 January 1908 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–19  England 1908 England tour of France
4 30 January 1909 Welford Road, Leicester 22–0  England 1909 France tour of England
5 3 March 1910 Parc des Princes, Paris 3–11  England 1910 Five Nations Championship
6 28 January 1911 Twickenham Stadium, London 37–0  England 1911 Five Nations Championship
7 8 April 1912 Parc des Princes, Paris 8–18  England 1912 Five Nations Championship
8 25 January 1913 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–0  England 1913 Five Nations Championship
9 13 April 1914 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–39  England 1914 Five Nations Championship
10 31 January 1920 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–3  England 1920 Five Nations Championship
11 28 March 1921 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–10  England 1921 Five Nations Championship
12 25 February 1922 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–11   draw 1922 Five Nations Championship
13 2 April 1923 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–12  England 1923 Five Nations Championship
14 23 February 1924 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–7  England 1924 Five Nations Championship
15 13 April 1925 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–13  England 1925 Five Nations Championship
16 27 February 1926 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0  England 1926 Five Nations Championship
17 2 April 1927 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–0  France 1927 Five Nations Championship
18 25 February 1928 Twickenham Stadium, London 18–8  England 1928 Five Nations Championship
19 1 April 1929 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–16  England 1929 Five Nations Championship
20 22 February 1930 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–5  England 1930 Five Nations Championship
21 6 April 1931 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–13  France 1931 Five Nations Championship
22 19 April 1947 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–3  England 1947 Five Nations Championship
23 29 March 1948 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 15–0  France 1948 Five Nations Championship
24 26 February 1949 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–3  England 1949 Five Nations Championship
25 25 February 1950 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–3  France 1950 Five Nations Championship
26 24 February 1951 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–11  France 1951 Five Nations Championship
27 5 April 1952 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–6  England 1952 Five Nations Championship
28 28 February 1953 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0  England 1953 Five Nations Championship
29 10 April 1954 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–3  France 1954 Five Nations Championship
30 26 February 1955 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–16  France 1955 Five Nations Championship
31 14 April 1956 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–9  France 1956 Five Nations Championship
32 23 February 1957 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–5  England 1957 Five Nations Championship
33 1 March 1958 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–14  England 1958 Five Nations Championship
34 28 February 1959 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–3   draw 1959 Five Nations Championship
35 27 February 1960 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–3   draw 1960 Five Nations Championship
36 25 February 1961 Twickenham Stadium, London 5–5   draw 1961 Five Nations Championship
37 24 February 1962 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–0  France 1962 Five Nations Championship
38 23 February 1963 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–5  England 1963 Five Nations Championship
39 22 February 1964 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–6  England 1964 Five Nations Championship
40 27 February 1965 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–6  England 1965 Five Nations Championship
41 26 February 1966 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–0  France 1966 Five Nations Championship
42 25 February 1967 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–16  France 1967 Five Nations Championship
43 24 February 1968 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–9  France 1968 Five Nations Championship
44 22 February 1969 Twickenham Stadium, London 22–8  England 1969 Five Nations Championship
45 18 April 1970 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 35–13  France 1970 Five Nations Championship
46 27 February 1971 Twickenham Stadium, London 14–14   draw 1971 Five Nations Championship
47 26 February 1972 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 37–12  France 1972 Five Nations Championship
48 24 February 1973 Twickenham Stadium, London 14–6  England 1973 Five Nations Championship
49 2 March 1974 Parc des Princes, Paris 12–12   draw 1974 Five Nations Championship
50 1 February 1975 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–27  France 1975 Five Nations Championship
51 20 March 1976 Parc des Princes, Paris 30–9  France 1976 Five Nations Championship
52 1 February 1977 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–4  France 1977 Five Nations Championship
53 21 January 1978 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–6  France 1978 Five Nations Championship
54 1 February 1979 Twickenham Stadium, London 7–6  England 1979 Five Nations Championship
55 2 February 1980 Parc des Princes, Paris 13–17  England 1980 Five Nations Championship
56 21 March 1981 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–16  France 1981 Five Nations Championship
57 20 February 1982 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–27  England 1982 Five Nations Championship
58 15 January 1983 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–19  France 1983 Five Nations Championship
59 3 March 1984 Parc des Princes, Paris 32–18  France 1984 Five Nations Championship
60 2 February 1985 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–9   draw 1985 Five Nations Championship
61 15 March 1986 Parc des Princes, Paris 29–10  France 1986 Five Nations Championship
62 21 February 1987 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–19  France 1987 Five Nations Championship
63 16 January 1988 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–9  France 1988 Five Nations Championship
64 4 March 1989 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0  England 1989 Five Nations Championship
65 3 February 1990 Parc des Princes, Paris 7–26  England 1990 Five Nations Championship
66 16 March 1991 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–19  England 1991 Five Nations Championship
67 19 October 1991 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–19  England 1991 Rugby World Cup
68 15 February 1992 Parc des Princes, Paris 13–31  England 1992 Five Nations Championship
69 16 January 1993 Twickenham Stadium, London 16–15  England 1993 Five Nations Championship
70 5 March 1994 Parc des Princes, Paris 14–18  England 1994 Five Nations Championship
71 4 February 1995 Twickenham Stadium, London 31–10  England 1995 Five Nations Championship
72 22 June 1995 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (South Africa) 9–19  France 1995 Rugby World Cup
73 20 January 1996 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–12  France 1996 Five Nations Championship
74 1 March 1997 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–23  France 1997 Five Nations Championship
75 7 February 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–17  France 1998 Five Nations Championship
76 20 March 1999 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–10  England 1999 Five Nations Championship
77 19 February 2000 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9–15  England 2000 Six Nations Championship
78 7 April 2001 Twickenham Stadium, London 48–19  England 2001 Six Nations Championship
79 2 March 2002 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 20–15  France 2002 Six Nations Championship
80 15 February 2003 Twickenham Stadium, London 25–17  England 2003 Six Nations Championship
81 30 August 2003 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 17–16  France 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
82 6 September 2003 Twickenham Stadium, London 45–14  England
83 16 November 2003 Stadium Australia, Sydney (Australia) 24–7  England 2003 Rugby World Cup
84 27 March 2004 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–21  France 2004 Six Nations Championship
85 14 February 2005 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–18  France 2005 Six Nations Championship
86 12 March 2006 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 31–6  France 2006 Six Nations Championship
87 11 March 2007 Twickenham Stadium, London 26–18  England 2007 Six Nations Championship
88 11 August 2007 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–21  France 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
89 18 August 2007 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 22–9  France
90 13 October 2007 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9–14  England 2007 Rugby World Cup
91 23 February 2008 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 13–24  England 2008 Six Nations Championship
92 15 March 2009 Twickenham Stadium, London 34–10  England 2009 Six Nations Championship
93 20 March 2010 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 12–10  France 2010 Six Nations Championship
94 26 February 2011 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–9  England 2011 Six Nations Championship
95 8 October 2011 Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) 19–12  France 2011 Rugby World Cup
96 11 March 2012 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 22–24  England 2012 Six Nations Championship
97 23 February 2013 Twickenham Stadium, London 23–13  England 2013 Six Nations Championship
98 1 February 2014 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 26–24  France 2014 Six Nations Championship
99 21 March 2015 Twickenham Stadium, London 55–35  England 2015 Six Nations Championship
100 15 August 2015 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–14  England 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
101 22 August 2015 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 25–20  France
102 19 March 2016 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 21–31  England 2016 Six Nations Championship
103 4 February 2017 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–16  England 2017 Six Nations Championship
104 10 March 2018 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 22–16  France 2018 Six Nations Championship
105 10 February 2019 Twickenham Stadium, London 44–8  England 2019 Six Nations Championship
106 2 February 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–17  France 2020 Six Nations Championship
107 6 December 2020 Twickenham Stadium, London 22–19  England[a] Autumn Nations Cup Final
108 13 March 2021 Twickenham Stadium, London 23–20  England 2021 Six Nations Championship
109 20 March 2022 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 25–13  France 2022 Six Nations Championship
110 11 March 2023 Twickenham Stadium, London 10–53  France 2023 Six Nations Championship
111 16 March 2024 Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon 33–31  France 2024 Six Nations Championship
112 8 February 2025 Twickenham Stadium, London 2025 Six Nations Championship

Non-test results

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Below is a list of matches that were not awarded test match status and so do not appear in the list of official statistics.

No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Ref.
1 20 April 1974 Twickenham Stadium, London 7–26  France XV Paris Air Disaster fund raiser [2]
2 12 October 2019 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama (Japan) 0–0 draw[b] 2019 Rugby World Cup [3]

List of series

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Played Won by
England 		Won by
France 		Drawn
4 4 0 0
Year England France Series winner
1906 1 —  England
1907 1 —  England
1908 1 —  England
1909 1 —  England

Notes

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  1. ^ Match drawn 19–19 during normal time but won by England after extra-time. Counted as a win in records due to tournament format
  2. ^ The 2019 Rugby World Cup match between the two sides was cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis and awarded in the tournament as a 0–0 draw.

References

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  1. ^ The Irish Times, May 27, 1981, page 27.
  2. ^ "Streaking into rugby history ... at a cost of £10". ESPN. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "List of matches between England and France ordered by reverse match date". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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