England 22-19 France

Date: Sunday 6th December 2020

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Attendance: 2,000

England v France Match Reports

England won the Autumn Nations Cup final, beating France 22-19 in a sudden-death extra-time finish. An inexperienced and unfancied France were leading 19-12 in the final moments of normal time, only to concede a last-minute try scored by Luke Cowan-Dickie and converted by Owen Farrell. The match then went into extra time and Farrell kicked a penalty in the 16th minute to claim a hard-fought victory for England. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v France - Match Highlights

England v France - Match Stats

England: (6) (19) 22
Try: Cowan-Dickie (80')
Conversion: Farrell (81')
Penalty: Farrell (8', 48', 73', 16' Extra Time), Daly (19')

France: (13) (19) 19
Try: Dulin (15')
Conversion: Jalibert (16')
Penalty: Jalibert (28', 36'), Carbonel (70', 76')

Man of the match: Billy Vunipola (England)

England v France - Team Line-ups

England Team Line-up

Forwards

1 Ellis Genge
2 Jamie George
3 Kyle Sinckler
4 Maro Itoje
5 Joe Launchbury
6 Tom Curry
7 Sam Underhill
8 Billy Vunipola

Backs

9 Ben Youngs
10 George Ford
11 Jonny May
12 Owen Farrell (Captain)
13 Henry Slade
14 Anthony Watson
15 Elliot Daly

Replacements

16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Joe Marler
18 Will Stuart
19 Jonny Hill
20 Ben Earl
21 Dan Robson
22 Max Malins
23 Joe Marchant

France Team Line-up

Forwards

1 Hassan Kolingar
2 Pierre Bourgarit
3 Dorian Aldegheri
4 Baptiste Pesenti
5 Kilian Geraci
6 Cameron Woki
7 Anthony Jelonch
8 Selevasio Tofofua

Backs

9 Baptiste Couilloud (Captain)
10 Matthieu Jalibert
11 Gabin Villiere
12 Jonathan Danty
13 Yoram Moefana
14 Alivereti Raka
15 Brice Dulin

Replacements

16 Peato Mauvaka
17 Rodrigue Neti
18 Uini Atonio
19 Guillaume Ducat
20 Sekou Macalou
21 Sebastien Bezy
22 Louis Carbonel
23 Pierre-Louis Barassi