Final teams France v England

Martin Johnson has arguably his best starting fifteen of the Six Nations, but with a mountain to climb as they take on the rampant French in Paris at 19:45 UK time tonight.  The one thing in Englands favour is that they have beaten the French in France on their last two visits, one of these being the last Rugby World Cup.

We should be in for an exciting contest look out for Chris Ashton and Ben Foden causing the French to panic!

<h2>Teams</h2>

France: 15-Clement Poitrenaud, 14-Marc Andreu, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Yannick Jauzion, 11-Alexis Palisson, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra; 1-Thomas Domingo, 2-William Servat, 3-Nicolas Mas, 4-Lionel Nallet, 5-Julien Pierre, 6-Thierry Dusautoir, 7-Julien Bonnaire, 8-Imanol Harinordoquy.
Replacements: 16-Dimitri Szarzewski, 17-Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18-Sebastien Chabal, 19-Alexandre Lapandry, 20-Dimitri Yachvili, 21-David Marty, 22-Julien Malzieu

England: 15-Ben Foden 14-Mark Cueto, 13-Mike Tindall, 12-Riki Flutey, 11-Chris Ashton, 10-Toby Flood, 9-Danny Care; 1-Tim Payne, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Simon Shaw , 5-Louis Deacon, 6-Joe Worsley, 7-Lewis Moody, 8-Nick Easter.
Replacements: 16-Steve Thompson, 17-David Wilson , 18-Tom Palmer, 19-James Haskell, 20-Ben Youngs, 21-Jonny Wilkinson, 22-Mathew Tait.

<h3>OFFICIALS</h3>

Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Touch judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland) & Simon McDowell (Ireland)

TV: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

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