Summary

  • England secure first win of 2025 Six Nations with thrilling win at Allianz Stadium - match report

  • Converted Elliot Daly try in 80th minute snatches stunning bonus-point victory

  • Fin Baxter try had put England ahead in final 10 minutes only for Louis Bielle-Biarrey to restore France's lead

  • Tommy Freeman also scored as England went toe-to-toe with pre-tournament favourites

  • Ollie Lawrence went over as England finished frenetic first half 7-7

  • Watch out for the Rugby Union Weekly podcast later with all the reaction from Twickenham

Live Reporting

Alastair Telfer

  1. England 0-0 France

    Chris Jones
    BBC rugby union correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

    There's an urgency and a menace from France.

  2. England 0-0 France

    France win a penalty after Ellis Genge was pinged for being offside. The kicking tee is on.

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    England 0-0 France

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  4. England 0-0 France

    Thomas Ramos goes charging deep into England's 22. However, Tom Curry smashes Alexandre Roumat to win the ball back.

    Huge play.

  5. 'England are pinned back'

    England 0-0 France

    Chris Ashton
    Former England wing on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Tommy Freeman wants to make up for a mistake. That was a one-on-one contest and he just mistimed it.

    Freeman needs to settle himself into the game - he will get a carry soon.

    England are pinned back.

  6. England 0-0 France

    Tommy Freeman is pinged for making early contact on Louis Bielle-Biarrey when both wingers got up in the air. Given the difference in height, England will be targeting Bielle-Biarrey in the air.

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    France are smart. Where possible, they will attack at Mitchell after he showed last week how poor he is in defence.

    Rob

    England's Alex Mitchell getting tackledGetty Images

  8. 'Far too easy for France'

    England 0-0 France

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A creaking England defence on the outside.

    There was no reason for Tommy Freeman to bite in.

    It was far too easy for France to get on the outside.

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    Plenty of dropped balls early on. Any high-scoring predictions may be regretted given the wet conditions.

    England clear their lines from a scrum penalty, but the ball does not find touch.

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  10. England 0-0 France

    Antoine Dupont tries to find Damian Penaud with a cross-field kick but the ball goes dead. He is human.

  11. England 0-0 France

    Mike Henson
    BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

    By some estimates, London would be the sixth-largest French city if it were judged purely on number of French citizens. It sounds like most of them have headed to the Allianz Stadium. Loads of noise for the visitors.

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    A couple of early box kicks gives Marcus Smith a few early touches. He passes both his first two touches and then drops the ball on his third.

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  13. Kick-off

    England 0-0 France

    Fin Smith gets us under way at a wet Allianz Stadium.

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    BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones is alongside ex-England wing Chris Ashton and 2003 World Cup winners Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson.

  15. England v France (16:45 GMT)

    Our very own Matt Dawson showed Antoine Dupont how it is done. Someone tell him on comms.

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    It's too early to call Dupont the GOAT, it's a different era. He plays the way a scrum-half used to play before the fly-half stole the show. Pichot, Stringer and Dawson all used to play like Dupont does now and forwards used to be savvy to it. Only time will tell if he does become a GOAT, but he's not even the best ever in his position yet.

    Cam, London

  17. 'France look big'

    England v France (16:45 GMT)

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    You know when you play for a school and you turn up and look at the opposition and think 'they look big'.

    Well, France look big - seriously big.

  18. Will ruthless France turn up again?

    England v France (16:45 GMT)

    France produced a ruthless display to defeat England 53-10 on their last visit to Twickenham.

    That was England's heaviest home defeat.

    Could history repeat itself?

    Six Nations 2023: Highlights England 10-53 France

  19. A summer reunion

    England v France (16:45 GMT)

    Mike Henson
    BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

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    For some players this will be a promo poster they want to be nowhere near.

    England and France will meet in a non-Test game back here in mid-summer in preparation for tours to Argentina and New Zealand respectively.

    However England's best players will hope they will be involved in the British and Irish Lions warm-up fixture against Argentina in Dublin the day before.

    Ben Spencer, who started the season as England's first-choice scrum-half, albeit in Alex Mitchell's injury-enforced absence, is included.

  20. Get Involved - Is Dupont the GOAT?

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    Calling Dupont the greatest who has ever played the game is somewhat insulting to the great players who have gone before and who showed equal dominance over a longer period of time than Dupont has to date. People are too quick to forget past players and only focus on current ones in these GOAT debates. And for what it's worth, McCaw is undoubtedly the GOAT, he played 148 tests and won 131 of those. He won World Player of the Year three times and was on the shortlist another five times, no one comes close to eight nominations. He would have made Dupont's life hell in his prime! Cue the insults!

    Cameron