{"id":34088,"date":"2025-02-07T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=34088"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:21","slug":"england-vs-france-preview-prediction-team-news-lineups-six-nations-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/england-vs-france-preview-prediction-team-news-lineups-six-nations-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"England Vs France Preview, Prediction, Team News And Confirmed Lineups Ahead Of Six Nations Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here\u2019s our England Vs France preview, prediction, team news and confirmed lineups ahead of Saturday&#8217;s massive Six Nations fixture at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2 class=\"iw gFxsud\">England Vs France Preview<\/h2>\n<p>The Six Nations continues this weekend as England host France in Twickenham for &#8216;Le Crunch&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ireland-vs-england-highlights-guinness-six-nations-2025-rugby\/\">England were beaten 27-22 by Ireland<\/a> in round one. A good first-half performance saw them lead at the break, only for Ireland to show why they are back-to-back champions in the latter stages.<\/p>\n<p>France, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/france-vs-wales-highlights-guinness-six-nations-2025\/\">hammered Wales 43-0 in Paris<\/a> in a dominant display.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/rugby\/\">best UK rugby betting sites<\/a> currently have France as heavy favourites for this one, at 1\/2. England are 21\/10 underdogs despite playing on home turf, showing the size of the task in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>The match kicks off at 16:45 GMT, and you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-to-watch-england-vs-france-six-nations-tv-channel-and-live-stream\/\">how to watch England Vs France<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>England Vs France Team News<\/h2>\n<p><strong>England:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuinnessM6N?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GuinnessM6N<\/a> action this weekend \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p>Steve Borthwick has named his match day squad to face France at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allianz_stad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@allianz_stad<\/a> this Saturday \ud83c\udf39<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@O2<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WearTheRose?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WearTheRose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnglandRugby\/status\/1887501500890685702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">\n<p>Steve Borthwick makes three changes to this England side after their Dublin defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Fin Smith starts at 10 for the first time, with Marcus Smith moving to fullback as Freddie Steward drops out of the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Willis starts at eight, shifting Ben Earl to openside and Ben Curry onto the bench.<\/p>\n<p>On the wing, Ollie Sleightholme replaces last week&#8217;s try-scoring debutant Cadan Murley, with the Harlequins man ruled out due to a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>Former captain Jamie George comes onto the bench alongside Saracens teammate Elliot Daly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>France:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Samedi, 17h45, Twickenham Stadium \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f <br \/>Vos Bleus qui affronteront l\u2019Angleterre \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XVdeFrance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XVdeFrance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NeFaisonsXV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NeFaisonsXV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANGFRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ANGFRA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HDFmTC5sBp\">pic.twitter.com\/HDFmTC5sBp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; France Rugby (@FranceRugby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranceRugby\/status\/1887442230006141053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>France have been forced into their own change at fly-half after Roman Ntamack&#8217;s red card against Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The Toulouse star is replaced by Mathieu Jalibert, with fit-again Bordeaux winger Damian Penaud also returning to the side.<\/p>\n<p>Penaud comes in for Theo Attissogbe, while the rest of the French lineup is unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2>England Vs France Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>England:<\/strong> M Smith; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie,-Stuart, Itoje (capt), Martin, T Curry, Earl, Willis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> George, Baxter, Heyes, Chessum, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Randall, Daly<\/p>\n<p><strong>France:<\/strong> Ramos; Penaud, Barassi, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Dupont (capt); Gros, Mauvaka, Atonio, Roumat, Meafou, Cros, Boudehent, Alldritt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Marchand, Baille, Colombe, Auradou, Guillard, Jegou, Le Garrec, Gailleton.<\/p>\n<h2>England Vs France Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>It will take an almighty performance from England to get much change out of this one. Gone are the days of &#8216;not knowing which French team will turn up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the olde cliche, this French team turns up and puts in performance after performance, with some of the best players on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>England have the capability to beat France, but we can&#8217;t see it happening unless they get extremely lucky with red cards or refereeing decisions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Prediction:<\/b> England 21-33 France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s our England Vs France preview, prediction, team news and confirmed lineups ahead of Saturday&#8217;s massive Six Nations fixture at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham. England Vs France Preview The Six Nations continues this weekend as England host France in Twickenham for &#8216;Le Crunch&#8217;. England were beaten 27-22 by Ireland in round one. 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Now at SportsCasting, James provides expert analysis and detailed research features, as well as covering breaking news stories.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/JChittickjourno"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/jameschittick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34093,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34088\/revisions\/34093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}