History of rugby union matches between England and France

Le Crunch (English: The Crunch) describes the rugby union rivalry between England and France. Popularised in the 1980s and 90s, the term described both teams' dominant success in the Five Nations Championship during that period.

Both teams compete annually in the Six Nations Championship. Apart from their annual fixture, the teams have also met in six warm-up matches prior to the 2003, 2007 and 2015 Rugby World Cups (RWC), with France winning on four occasions and England two. They have also met on five occasions at the Rugby World Cup with England winning on three occasions and France two.

Summary Overall Details Played Won byEngland Won byFrance Drawn England points France points In England 54 37 12 5 975 634 In France 56 23 31 2 847 884 Neutral venue 3 1 2 0 45 45 Overall 113 61 45 7 1,867 1,563

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set. RecordEnglandFranceLongest winning streak11 (22 March 1906 – 28 March 1921)4 (1 February 1975 – 21 January 1978)Largest points forHome55 (21 March 2015)48 (14 March 2026)Away46 (14 March 2026)53 (11 March 2023)Largest winning marginHome37 (28 January 1911)25 (26 February 1972; 12 March 2006)Away27 (22 March 1906)43 (11 March 2023)

Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 22 March 1906 Parc des Princes, Paris 8–35 1906 England tour of France 2 5 January 1907 Athletic Ground, Richmond 41–13 1907 France tour of England 3 1 January 1908 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–19 1908 England tour of France 4 30 January 1909 Welford Road, Leicester 22–0 1909 France tour of England 5 3 March 1910 Parc des Princes, Paris 3–11 1910 Five Nations Championship 6 28 January 1911 Twickenham Stadium, London 37–0 1911 Five Nations Championship 7 8 April 1912 Parc des Princes, Paris 8–18 1912 Five Nations Championship 8 25 January 1913 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–0 1913 Five Nations Championship 9 13 April 1914 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–39 1914 Five Nations Championship 10 31 January 1920 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–3 1920 Five Nations Championship 11 28 March 1921 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–10 1921 Five Nations Championship 12 25 February 1922 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–11 draw 1922 Five Nations Championship 13 2 April 1923 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–12 1923 Five Nations Championship 14 23 February 1924 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–7 1924 Five Nations Championship 15 13 April 1925 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–13 1925 Five Nations Championship 16 27 February 1926 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0 1926 Five Nations Championship 17 2 April 1927 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–0 1927 Five Nations Championship 18 25 February 1928 Twickenham Stadium, London 18–8 1928 Five Nations Championship 19 1 April 1929 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–16 1929 Five Nations Championship 20 22 February 1930 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–5 1930 Five Nations Championship 21 6 April 1931 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–13 1931 Five Nations Championship 22 19 April 1947 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–3 1947 Five Nations Championship 23 29 March 1948 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 15–0 1948 Five Nations Championship 24 26 February 1949 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–3 1949 Five Nations Championship 25 25 February 1950 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–3 1950 Five Nations Championship 26 24 February 1951 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–11 1951 Five Nations Championship 27 5 April 1952 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–6 1952 Five Nations Championship 28 28 February 1953 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0 1953 Five Nations Championship 29 10 April 1954 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–3 1954 Five Nations Championship 30 26 February 1955 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–16 1955 Five Nations Championship 31 14 April 1956 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–9 1956 Five Nations Championship 32 23 February 1957 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–5 1957 Five Nations Championship 33 1 March 1958 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–14 1958 Five Nations Championship 34 28 February 1959 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–3 draw 1959 Five Nations Championship 35 27 February 1960 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–3 draw 1960 Five Nations Championship 36 25 February 1961 Twickenham Stadium, London 5–5 draw 1961 Five Nations Championship 37 24 February 1962 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–0 1962 Five Nations Championship 38 23 February 1963 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–5 1963 Five Nations Championship 39 22 February 1964 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–6 1964 Five Nations Championship 40 27 February 1965 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–6 1965 Five Nations Championship 41 26 February 1966 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–0 1966 Five Nations Championship 42 25 February 1967 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–16 1967 Five Nations Championship 43 24 February 1968 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 14–9 1968 Five Nations Championship 44 22 February 1969 Twickenham Stadium, London 22–8 1969 Five Nations Championship 45 18 April 1970 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 35–13 1970 Five Nations Championship 46 27 February 1971 Twickenham Stadium, London 14–14 draw 1971 Five Nations Championship 47 26 February 1972 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 37–12 1972 Five Nations Championship 48 24 February 1973 Twickenham Stadium, London 14–6 1973 Five Nations Championship 49 2 March 1974 Parc des Princes, Paris 12–12 draw 1974 Five Nations Championship 50 1 February 1975 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–27 1975 Five Nations Championship 51 20 March 1976 Parc des Princes, Paris 30–9 1976 Five Nations Championship 52 1 February 1977 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–4 1977 Five Nations Championship 53 21 January 1978 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–6 1978 Five Nations Championship 54 1 February 1979 Twickenham Stadium, London 7–6 1979 Five Nations Championship 55 2 February 1980 Parc des Princes, Paris 13–17 1980 Five Nations Championship 56 21 March 1981 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–16 1981 Five Nations Championship 57 20 February 1982 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–27 1982 Five Nations Championship 58 15 January 1983 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–19 1983 Five Nations Championship 59 3 March 1984 Parc des Princes, Paris 32–18 1984 Five Nations Championship 60 2 February 1985 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–9 draw 1985 Five Nations Championship 61 15 March 1986 Parc des Princes, Paris 29–10 1986 Five Nations Championship 62 21 February 1987 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–19 1987 Five Nations Championship 63 16 January 1988 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–9 1988 Five Nations Championship 64 4 March 1989 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–0 1989 Five Nations Championship 65 3 February 1990 Parc des Princes, Paris 7–26 1990 Five Nations Championship 66 16 March 1991 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–19 1991 Five Nations Championship 67 19 October 1991 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–19 1991 Rugby World Cup 68 15 February 1992 Parc des Princes, Paris 13–31 1992 Five Nations Championship 69 16 January 1993 Twickenham Stadium, London 16–15 1993 Five Nations Championship 70 5 March 1994 Parc des Princes, Paris 14–18 1994 Five Nations Championship 71 4 February 1995 Twickenham Stadium, London 31–10 1995 Five Nations Championship 72 22 June 1995 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (South Africa) 9–19 1995 Rugby World Cup 73 20 January 1996 Parc des Princes, Paris 15–12 1996 Five Nations Championship 74 1 March 1997 Twickenham Stadium, London 20–23 1997 Five Nations Championship 75 7 February 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–17 1998 Five Nations Championship 76 20 March 1999 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–10 1999 Five Nations Championship 77 19 February 2000 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9–15 2000 Six Nations Championship 78 7 April 2001 Twickenham Stadium, London 48–19 2001 Six Nations Championship 79 2 March 2002 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 20–15 2002 Six Nations Championship 80 15 February 2003 Twickenham Stadium, London 25–17 2003 Six Nations Championship 81 30 August 2003 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 17–16 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 82 6 September 2003 Twickenham Stadium, London 45–14 83 16 November 2003 Stadium Australia, Sydney (Australia) 24–7 2003 Rugby World Cup 84 27 March 2004 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–21 2004 Six Nations Championship 85 14 February 2005 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–18 2005 Six Nations Championship 86 12 March 2006 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 31–6 2006 Six Nations Championship 87 11 March 2007 Twickenham Stadium, London 26–18 2007 Six Nations Championship 88 11 August 2007 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–21 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 89 18 August 2007 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 22–9 90 13 October 2007 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9–14 2007 Rugby World Cup 91 23 February 2008 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 13–24 2008 Six Nations Championship 92 15 March 2009 Twickenham Stadium, London 34–10 2009 Six Nations Championship 93 20 March 2010 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 12–10 2010 Six Nations Championship 94 26 February 2011 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–9 2011 Six Nations Championship 95 8 October 2011 Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) 19–12 2011 Rugby World Cup 96 11 March 2012 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 22–24 2012 Six Nations Championship 97 23 February 2013 Twickenham Stadium, London 23–13 2013 Six Nations Championship 98 1 February 2014 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 26–24 2014 Six Nations Championship 99 21 March 2015 Twickenham Stadium, London 55–35 2015 Six Nations Championship 100 15 August 2015 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–14 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 101 22 August 2015 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 25–20 102 19 March 2016 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 21–31 2016 Six Nations Championship 103 4 February 2017 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–16 2017 Six Nations Championship 104 10 March 2018 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 22–16 2018 Six Nations Championship 105 10 February 2019 Twickenham Stadium, London 44–8 2019 Six Nations Championship 106 2 February 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 24–17 2020 Six Nations Championship 107 6 December 2020 Twickenham Stadium, London22–19 Autumn Nations Cup Final 108 13 March 2021 Twickenham Stadium, London23–20 2021 Six Nations Championship 109 20 March 2022 Stade de France, Saint-Denis25–13 2022 Six Nations Championship 110 11 March 2023 Twickenham Stadium, London10–53 2023 Six Nations Championship 111 16 March 2024 Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon 33–31 2024 Six Nations Championship 112 8 February 2025 Twickenham Stadium, London 26–25 2025 Six Nations Championship 113 14 March 2026 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 48–46 2026 Six Nations Championship

Non-test results Below is a list of matches that were not awarded test match status and so do not appear in the list of official statistics.

No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 20 April 1974 Twickenham Stadium, London 7–26 Paris Air Disaster fund raiser 2 12 October 2019 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama (Japan) 0–0 draw 2019 Rugby World Cup 3 21 June 2025 Twickenham Stadium, London 24–26 2025 France tour of New Zealand warm-up match 4 19 June 2026 Stade De La Rabine, Vannes 35–19 2026 Nations Championship warm-up match

List of series Played Won byEngland Won byFrance Drawn 4 4 0 0

Year England France Series winner 1906 1 align=center 1907 1 align=center 1908 1 align=center 1909 1 align=center

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