Match ends after 62 minutes because of floodlight failure in Lille
Six Nations champions England led 17-15 when players came off
England awarded victory - their ninth in a row over France
England wing Abby Dow scored twice, the second a stunning solo effort
Maelle Filopon and Jesst Tremouliere touched down for France in first half
France 7-7 England
Untidy at the back of the French scrum, England's defence sniffs a turnover and rushes up and centre Gabrielle Vernier takes advantage, skipping through a hole and breaking free.
A bit too good for her own good though. She is isolated from her support and England secure a turnover.
Image source, Getty ImagesFrance 7-7 England
Pauline Bourdon is really busy and dangerous so far.
The France scrum-half is testing England's defence round the fringes.
France 7-7 England
French Rugby Federation grand fromage Bernard Laporte is in the stands for this one by the way.
Ellie Kildunne, coming up from full-back, knocks on as she attempts to gather a hanging box kick.
Scrum blue.
France 7-7 England
Natasha Hunt
World Cup-winning England scrum-half on BBC iPlayer
Great to see Abby Dow go over. She's had a tough few weeks but look how easy it is when you let the wingers fly! You'd back here any day of the week from that distance - the girl can run!
That was to easy for England. The French team will be kicking themselves because they started the game so well.
Abby Dow (Con Harrison)
The groundsman is going to have some singed turf to sort out at the break.
England sling a couple of mis-passes: Zoe Harrison to Emily Scarratt to Abby Dow.
And then Dow hits the afterburners, leaving a France tackler looking at her heels.
Harrison hits the extras.
Image source, Getty ImagesFrance 7-0 England
And now a Herculean defensive effort for France. Madoussou Fall scrabbles on the floor to win back the ball in the shadow of her own posts...
France 7-0 England
Natasha Hunt
World Cup-winning England scrum-half on BBC iPlayer
That was beautiful play. Look at the detail, the hands, the running lines and the angle. That's a lovely score and well deserved. They have been really high tempo and managed the territory so well.
Maëlle Filopon (con Trémoulière)
"Essaaaiiii!" shouts the PA in Lille.
And well they might. A fully-deserved score for the hosts. Scrum-half Pauline Bourdon pulls the strings, centre Maëlle Filopon hits a lovely outside-to-in line and the two combine to puncture the last line of defence.
Jessy Trémoulière clogs over the conversion.
Natasha Hunt
World Cup-winning England scrum-half on BBC iPlayer
It is really tough to push Shaunagh Brown backwards! The England scrum has been creaking and there was no hook on the ball. The French all went to work on that scrum - they're a very impressive unit.
France 0-0 England
France are up to within 15m of the England line...
France 0-0 England
France have come out with intent. This is a hostile friendly.
A massive hit from Gabrielle Vernier on England centre Emily Scarratt, before the France front row crumples their Red Rose counterparts.
Yelps of delight and back slaps of congratulations from the France backline for their pack.
France 0-0 England
A long passage of play, loads of phases, bucketloads of lactic as France flanker Julie Annery makes yards out wide.
Eventually Shaunagh Brown clamps down over the breakdown to steal a turnover.
France making the running though.
France 0-0 England
France boss the first scrum of the day. Big bulldozer shove to take the ball against the head....
France 0-0 England
Ooh!
An early warning shot across England's bows as France second row Safi N’Diaye canters through an enormous hole in midfield and slings a pass over her shoulder to scrum-half Pauline Bourdon.
Panic stations for England. But they are off the hook via the ref's whistle. A forward pass somewhere in the build-up.
France 0-0 England
We are up and running. England gather the ball at the second time of asking and Emily Scarratt slaps a big clearing kick upfield...
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Marchons, marchons.
The final notes of the French national anthem die away and the rip of tracksuit tops being unzipped ring out.
We are ready to go...
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Image source, Getty ImagesYour commentators today are Sara Orchard and England's 2014 Rugby World Cup-winning scrum-half Natasha Hunt.
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The clack of studs on concrete and the two teams emerge into the northern French dusk.
A collage of rugby shirts on the opposite stand spells out the slogan Tous Bleus in support of the hosts.
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Just a reminder that England and France have been thrown together in the same Rugby World Cup pool, the delayed tournament getting underway in September 2022 now.
South Africa and Fiji are 13th and 21st in the world rankings respectively. With the top two in each pool progressing automatically, both England and France should expect to make the knock-out stages.