Six Nations - Factbox: England v France

Eurosport - Thu, 12 Mar 13:10:00 2009

Facts about England's Six Nations match against France on Sunday.

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Where: Twickenham, London

Capacity: 82,000

When: Sunday, March 15 (1500)

Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Teams:

England - France

15-Delon Armitage - 15-Maxime Medard

14-Mark Cueto - 14-Julien Malzieu

13-Mike Tindall - 13-Mathieu Bastareaud

12-Riki Flutey - 12-Yannick Jauzion

11-Ugo Monye - 11-Cedric Heymans

10-Toby Flood - 10-Francois Trinh-Duc

9-Harry Ellis - 9-Morgan Parra

8-Nick Easter - 8-Imanol Harinordoquy

7-Joe Worsley - 7-Sebastien Chabal

6-Tom Croft - 6-Thierry Dusautoir

5-Simon Shaw - 5-Jerome Thion

4-Steve Borthwick (captain) - 4-Lionel Nallet (captain)

3-Phil Vickery - 3-Sylvain Marconnet

2-Lee Mears - 2-Dimitri Szarzewski

1-Andrew Sheridan - 1-Lionel Faure

Replacements:

16-Dylan Hartley - 16-Benjamin Kayzer

17-Julian White - 17-Thomas Domingo

18-James Haskell - 18-Louis Picamoles

19-Nick Kennedy - 19-Julien Bonnaire

20-Danny Care - 20-Sebastien Tillous-Borde

21-Andy Goode - 21-Florian Fritz

22-Mathew Tait - 22-Damien Traille

Coach:

Martin Johnson - Marc Lievremont

Recent meetings:

23.02.2008 SN Paris France 13 England 24

13.10.2007 WC Paris France 9 England 14

18.08.2007 WU Marseille France 22 England 9

11.08.2007 WU London England 15 France 21

11.03.2007 SN London England 26 France 18

12.03.2006 SN Paris France 31 England 6

13.02.2005 SN London England 17 France 18

27.03.2004 SN Paris France 24 England 21

16.11.2003 WC Sydney England 24 France 7

06.09.2003 WU London England 45 France 14

30.08.2003 WU Marseille France 17 England 16

*SN denotes Six Nations, WC = World Cup, WU = World Cup warm-up

Next fixtures:

Saturday, March 21

Italy v France, Stadio Flaminio, Rome (1315)

England v Scotland, Twickenham, London (1530)

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  1. When Laporte was coach, he said that if Dickinson was­ the ref. the players would not even step on the­ field.
    Sorry but I disagree with chilledout47: Every­ team infringes the rules to a certain degree. However,­ the ref. can eye only one team and "forget"­ the other team's faults.
    In the past, France (due­ to a reputation of being "tricky") was often­ penalized more than its opponent for similar­ infringements.

    From Marc L, on Thu 12 Mar 6:38PM

  2. Well if you play well, and dont mess up it doesnt­ matter who the referee is, does it, FRENCH OR­ ENGLISH....

    From chilledout47, on Thu 12 Mar 3:54PM

  3. But he's also a referee - surely he hates England­ more?

    From Donald D, on Thu 12 Mar 3:21PM

  4. F**k Stuart Dickinson... (sorry I'm french) this­ @#$% is gonna make england win. He hates france with a­ passion.

    From dave, on Thu 12 Mar 3:15PM
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