09-08-2025
Watch: England face France in final Rugby World Cup warm-up
Update:
Date: 19:48 BST
Title: The last time they met...
Content: France v England (20:10 BST)
In their most recent meeting in April, England beat France - only just - in a high-scoring thriller at Allianz Stadium to secure a fourth consecutive Six Nations Grand Slam.
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Update:
Date: 19:45 BST
Title: France team
Content: France v England (20:10 BST)
France: Bourgeois, Grisez, Menager (c), Neisen, Arbey, Arbez, Chambon; Deshay, Bigot, Bernadou, M Feleu (c), Fall Raclot, Escudero, Champon, T Feleu.
Replacements: Riffoneau, Brosseau, Khalfaoui, Ikahehegi, Makka, Cissokho, Queyroi, Tuy.
France are without scrum-half Pauline Bourdon Sansus, who is serving a ban for criticising the referee's performance in France's domestic final.
Instead Alexandra Chambon plays at nine in a side co-captained by second row Manae Feleu and centre Marine Menager. Uncapped back row Khoudedia Cissokho is on the bench.
Players to look out for are wingers Kelly Arbey and Joanna Grisez, who scored both scored superb tries when England beat France 43-42 in April.
Speaking of which...
Update:
Date: 19:42 BST
Title: England team
Content: France v England (20:10 BST)
England have made 11 changes to the starting side that thrashed Spain 97-7 in Leicester a week ago:
Kildunne; Dow, Jones, Heard, Breach; Harrison, Hunt; Botterman, Cokayne, Muir, Talling, Ward, Aldcroft (capt), Kabeya, Matthews.
Replacements: Atkin-Davies, Clifford, Bern, Galligan, Feaunati, L Packer, Rowland, Sing.
Update:
Date: 19:36 BST
Title: Last chance to impress
Content: France v England (20:10 BST)
Good evening!
England barely broke into a sweat in last week's 97-7 thrashing of Spain, but I'll stick my neck out and predict that things will be quite a bit tougher tonight against perennial Six Nations rivals France on a sultry evening in Mont-de-Marsan in south-west France. And they'll want it that way as this is the last warm-up before World Cup starts.
Let's take a look at the teams.
