France player ratings vs England - 2025 Six Nations

Both sides put forward strong performances warranting a victory, in tough conditions with the days’ rain impacting play and causing a number of fumbles in the first half that left spectators a bit short-changed on what promised to be an entertaining affair.

The second half brought a lot more high-level attacking play, with France’s tries courtesy of wingers Penaud and Bielle-Biarrey twice coming of the back of slick, quick rugby that is to be expected with a maestro like Antonie Dupont on the field.

England took the game in the final minutes, with full back Ramos cheaply conceding a penalty that gave England the push to find Elliot Daly who could cross the line and leave the match at the boot of Fin Smith, where conversion was taken and England walked out victors.

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Ramos’ pace and guile was instrumental as always; however, his game will be remembered for crucially not releasing and conceding a needless penalty that led to England’s match-winning try. The 29-year-old’s kicking was a mixed bag, putting away four of his six efforts.

Moving just one try away from France’s all-time record, Penaud as one half of the winger double-act played his role beautifully, scoring a try of his own but providing a couple of deft touches with his kicking to set up his sides other two scores.

Barassi didn’t make any headway that stood out in the match, but the entirety of the French backs seemed involved in fluid, attacking play on a greasy night at Twickenham.

Moefana brought pure power to the France attack, breaking up English play to set off some deadly counter-attacking rugby.

The other half of France’s dynamic duo, 21-year-old Bielle-Biarrey stood out with his blistering pace constantly providing an outlet and getting him two tries, including one that he would’ve felt won his side the match in the 74^th minute.

A relatively quiet afternoon for Jalibert, although you certainly can’t fault him for always being there to pick up the pieces on breakdowns of play and moving the ball on with quick precision.

Headlines were always bound to be written with Dupont on the field, the captain’s magic popped up in occasion for his side and he was of course the beating heart of most good things France did. A first half fumble, an anomaly for Dupont but a regularity for many on the night, will stand out as a significant moment due to its unexpectedness.

Withdrawn alongside his other front-rowers in the 56^th minute, its hard to fault the efforts of Gros and Co in the scrum as France held their end of the bargain. The Toulon man made a try saving play in the first half, intercepting a clever Alex Mitchell kick.

Mauvaka notably tried to channel his inner-Dupont in the first half, attempting a behind the back pass that seemed to halt France’s progression, only for his captain to gather and begin a move that resulted in a try. The 28-year-old certainly made his presence felt in the mauls before his withdrawal.

Kindly dubbed by the ITV commentary team as the ‘French wardrobe’, Atonio was missed after being substituted with the 65 capped prop proving an immovable object in the scrums.

Whilst he was sure to leave one on a couple of those in white shirts, Roumat made two disappointing fumbles in the game before taking a seat 10 minutes into the second half. Tight margins were the tale of the game and Roumat played a massive role in giving France the lineout edge so for that he deserves praise.

Any time Meaufou made strides forward, it felt as if four or five England players were required to keep the reigns on the Frenchman. You would feel as if his stature could’ve been handy in shutting down England’s late charges.

The 30-year-old Toulouse Forward didn’t bring significant contribution, however involvement in both the scrum and lineout play would suggest Cros played his role in France’s edge on those battles.

Boudehent departed in the 50^th minute of the match, but alongside his fellow La Rochelle back-rower there was intent to set the tone for the French side with crunching tackles and not giving England breathing room

It wasn’t quite a man of the match performance like last week against Wales, but the experienced Alldritt tried to control proceedings with big tackles and brute force to protect the talented backs his side possess.

Marchand continued the strong work of Mauvaka from the lineouts, but the 29-year-old didn’t bring the instant impact we saw in Paris against Wales.

Also entering the pitch with 25 minutes to play, you can’t fault the front row replacements, but Baille was left big boots to fill after Atonio was removed.

Colombe was the third of the front-row Calvary France introduced, but aside holding ground in the scrums there was little to note from his cameo.

At only 21-years-old, Auradou was introduced to freshen things up in the French forward line but there wasn’t a massive impact from the Pau man on his fourth cap.

Only featured for 15 minutes but the 24-year-old still found himself in a position to assist what could’ve (and probably should’ve) been the decisive French try.

Far and away the standout replacement, Jégou was huge in the lineouts, added much needed power and drive to liven up the match in the second half, and made a try saving tackle as England flew forward with men over.

Le Garrac came in to take the scrum half position and move Dupont over to fly-half, but hard to praise or criticise what was a 14-minute cameo.