Six Nations 2014: France 26-24 England

France 26 (16)

  • Tries: Huget (2), Fickou

England 24 (8)

  • Tries: Brown, Burrell

France scored a late try to beat England in a pulsating Six Nations match in Paris.

Winger Yoann Huget touched down twice - the first time after just 32 seconds - to give France an early lead.

Mike Brown scored his first England try before half-time to cut the deficit.

A converted try by debutant Luther Burrell put England ahead but Gael Fickou burst through to tie the scores and Maxime Machenaud converted the winning kick.

LINE-UPS

France : 15-Brice Dulin, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Maxime Medard, 10-Jules Plisson, 9-Jean-Marc Doussain; 1-Thomas Domingo, 2-Benjamin Kayser, 3-Nicolas Mas, 4-Alexandre Flanquart, 5-Pascal Pape (captain), 6-Yannick Nyanga, 7-Bernard Leroux, 8- Louis Picamoles

Replacements: 16-Dimitri Szarzewski, 17-Yannick Forestier, 18-Rabah Slimani, 19-Yoann Maestri, 20-Antoine Burban, 21-Damien Chouly, 22-Maxime Machenaud, 23-Gael Fickou

England : 15-Mike Brown, 14-Jack Nowell, 13-Luther Burrell, 12-Billy Twelvetrees, 11-Jonny May, 10-Owen Farrell, 9-Danny Care; 1-Joe Marler, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Courtney Lawes, 6-Tom Wood, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Billy Vunipola

Replacements: 16-Tom Youngs, 17-Mako Vunipola, 18-Henry Thomas, 19-Dave Attwood, 20-Ben Morgan, 21-Lee Dickson 22-Brad Barritt, 23-Alex Goode.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee : Nigel Owens (WRU)

Touch judges : Alain Rolland (IRFU) Stuart Berry (SARU)

TV : Jim Yuille (SRU)