03/09/2020 08:49 1:59. Farrell (30,40,56) Highlights | England lose Six Nations opener despite second half recovery England gave themselves too much to do after a poor first half in an emotionally-charged clash with France play-icon Copyright © 2020 BBC. Replacements: Tait for Monye (72), Goode for Flood (40), Care for Ellis (55), White for Sheridan (66), Hartley for Mears (57), Haskell for Shaw (57), Kennedy for Worsley (68). Parra (10), England vs France Emily Scarratt fails to ground the ball after a French covering tackle. France: Medard, Malzieu, Bastareaud, Jauzion, Heymans, Trinh-Duc, Parra, Faure, Szarzewski, Marconnet, Nallet, Thion, Dusautoir, Chabal, Harinordoquy. 5 min 7 sec 22/08/2017 21:31 Latest Videos. Tries: Please turn on JavaScript. Katie Sadleir on RWC 2021 Coaching Internship Programme. Highlights of England's 17-15 win over France in the second of their three Quilter Internationals. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. Penalties: France improved in the second half and scored through Dimitri Szarzewski and Julien Malzieu but the game was won. England were enjoying themselves and struck again straight after the break. Read more. England vs France Ladies 2:47. Farrell (7,13), Tries: The full-back spotted Flutey inside him and delayed his pass to give the centre the room to sprint under the posts for try number five. England played the closing stages of the game a player down after Zoe Aldcroft was sent to the sin-bin for her clearout but Romane Menager was also shown a yellow card minutes later for offiside. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. France were shell-shocked and playing without any of their normal vigour, while England were playing fast, simple, disciplined rugby. England recorded their fourth win in a row against Les Bleus off the back of their 20-10 win in Clermont-Ferrand last weekend. Penaud (35) Andy Goode, on for Flood who hurt his shoulder as he went for the line in the build-up to Worsley's try, snaffled the ball from Yannick Jauzion's fumble and fed Armitage, who hared off upfield. For a brief spell, it looked as though England's fast start was in danger of being derailed after they gave away a couple of quick penalties, with veteran lock Simon Shaw the culprit. Read more. Johnson's men, berated beforehand for giving away 43 penalties and earning six yellow cards in this year's tournament, still conceded 13 penalties but retained 15 players for the full 80 minutes for the first time this year. Women's Internationals match England vs France Ladies (16 Nov 2019). With barely a minute gone, Flutey found himself running at French talisman Sebastien Chabal and ghosted around the big man before timing a perfect pass to Cueto to scamper under the posts, converted by Flood. Conversions: Media requires JavaScript to play. England Women 17-15 France Ladies: Lydia Thompson snatches Red Roses victory late on, 20-10 win in Clermont-Ferrand last weekend, We would like your feedback, please fill in our survey. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. A late Lydia Thompson try gave England Women a 17-15 win over France Ladies at Sandy Park on Saturday. After a scoreless opening 20 minutes - where England came closest to scoring but an excellent defensive tackle prevented Emily Scarratt from crossing - it was Jessy Tremouliere's penalty that gave from the lead. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report. But rather than the penalty disease that has plagued England in recent matches, this was a mere sniffle and England struck again soon after. May (2,24,29), Slade (39), Farrell (54), Penalty (49) England (29) 34 Tries: Cueto, Flutey 2, Armitage, Worsley Cons: Flood 3 Pens: Flood. England: Armitage, Cueto, Tindall, Flutey, Monye, Flood, Ellis, Sheridan, Mears, Vickery, Borthwick, Shaw, Croft, Worsley, Easter. After missing her first attempt from the tee, Scarratt got England on the board through a simple penalty in front of the posts, and after England worked through a number of phases to earn a second penalty, she knocked that over for a 6-8 half-time deficit as well as reaching 500 points in Test rugby. And as an encore, Worsley also went over on the left after scrum-half Harry Ellis's kick ahead had set up a forward base on the right side of the French line. Lydia Thomspson and Emily Scarratt talk through England's winning try that came very late against France. Martin Johnson's under-pressure side answered their critics in emphatic fashion and led 29-0 at the break. France then got the opening try of the game when scrum-half Laure Sansus kicked over the top inside the 22, and beat covering defence to the bounce to hack forward her own kick and then gather to cross. French spirit may have seemed crushed but it was Johnson's men who relaxed and the visitors, refreshed by a raft of replacements, scored through Szarzewski and Malzieu as England reverted to a spell of indiscipline and received a lecture from referee Stuart Dickinson. But Morgan Parra missed the first kick at goal and France declined the second. Mark Cueto, Riki Flutey, Delon Armitage and Joe Worsley all crossed in an astonishing first period before Flutey added his second.