{"id":151934,"date":"2025-09-18T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151934\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:15:10","slug":"what-has-happened-the-last-three-times-england-played-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/151934\/","title":{"rendered":"What has happened the last three times England played France?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been seven and a half years since England\u2019s Red Roses<\/a> last lost to France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That day in Grenoble it was a last gasp try from the majestic Jessy Tremouliere<\/a> that ultimately helped Les Bleues to their fifth Women\u2019s Six Nations<\/a> Grand Slam. England<\/a> have won every edition of the annual tournament since.<\/p>\n

In the 34 years since their first meeting in 1991, the two teams have come up against one another on 58 occasions, with England winning 45 of those encounters.<\/p>\n

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Now in this era of Red Roses dominance, it is the allure and splendour of Le Crunch that has provided England with their sternest challenges.<\/p>\n

This Saturday afternoon the two teams will face-off with one another in the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> semi-finals.<\/p>\n

France<\/a> had to ride their luck to reach the final four. Against Ireland<\/a> on Sunday afternoon the side trailed 13-0 at half-time and rallied to score 18 unanswered points in the second half thanks to Charlotte Escudero<\/a> and Joanna Grisez<\/a>\u2019s tries, and the kicking of Morgane Bourgeois<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now left bruised after the ban to their captain, Manae Feleu<\/a>, for a dangerous tackle and Axelle Berthoumieu<\/a> for her bite on Aofie Wafer<\/a>, the odds do seem stacked against Gaelle Mignot and David Ortiz\u2019s charges.<\/p>\n

For the Red Roses against Scotland<\/a> it was a slightly different story. In 80 minutes John Mitchell\u2019s side scored six tries, five of which were converted, and were ruthless in how they went about their business.<\/p>\n

There is little doubt that the French will provide the Red Roses with their toughest challenge of the World Cup so far.<\/p>\n

A place in the World Cup final at Twickenham Stadium is on offer. Both teams have the motivation.
Ahead of kick-off here are how the last three meetings between the two bitter rivals, who are separated by the Channel.<\/p>\n

2025 | France 6-40 England<\/p>\n

There were contrasting emotions at the end of this clash in Mont-de-Marsan.<\/p>\n

In mid-August it was both teams\u2019 final warm-up match for the World Cup and ended with England running out as six-try winners.<\/p>\n

For France it was a hapless attempt at taking down the number one ranked side in the world as Morgane Bourgeois\u2019 two penalties accounted for all of the French points.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s dominance started early. Morwenna Talling<\/a>, who has been a standout performer the entirety of the World Cup, dotted down in just the third minute.<\/p>\n

Before half-time Amy Cokayne<\/a> and Maud Muir<\/a> had made their way across the whitewash, before Meg Jones<\/a> and Lark Atkin-Davies<\/a>\u2019 brace closed out the contest.<\/p>\n

2025 | England 43-42 France<\/p>\n

As of last weekend England have won a world record 31 matches in a row. In all of those matches the Red Roses never came closer to losing a game than in this year\u2019s Guinness Women\u2019s Six Nations<\/a> finale.<\/p>\n

In front of 37,000 supporters at Twickenham Stadium, England secured a try scoring bonus point with less than 20 minutes on the clock and scored their seventh try, through Abby Dow<\/a>, in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n

France kept themselves in the contest, but when England took their foot off the gas Les Bleues took the scoreline to just one point thanks to converted Morgane Bourgeois<\/a> and Joanna Grisez<\/a> tries.<\/p>\n

There was a nervy finish in London but when the final whistle blew it was the Red Roses that cheered loudest and lifted silverware into the sky again.<\/p>\n

2024 | England 38-19 France<\/p>\n

Ahead of last year\u2019s successful WXV 1<\/a> campaign in Canada, England hosted the French at Kingsholm Stadium. To say things went well is putting it mildly.<\/p>\n

By half-time in Gloucester the Red Roses had seen Marlie Packer<\/a>, Jess Breach<\/a> and Helena Rowland<\/a> fight their way across the try line.<\/p>\n

Even in the face of second half adversity in the form of Agathe Sochat<\/a>, Romane Menager<\/a> and Pauline Bourdon-Sansus<\/a>\u2019 tries, it was expertly managed by an England side hell-bent on chasing excellence.<\/p>\n

The 7,500 strong crowd in Gloucester watched Talling, Breach and Lucy Packer<\/a> dot down in a raucous send-off before they hosted New Zealand<\/a> in London a week later and picked up a 24-12 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been seven and a half years since England\u2019s Red Roses last lost to France. That day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-151934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}