‘Awful’ England plastered in Paris

France 31 England 6

‘Awful’ England plastered in Paris
Mon, 13 Mar, 2006 - 00:00
Andrew Baldock, Stade de France

The world champions never recovered from a shambolic first-half performance which included them conceding a try to French centre Florian Fritz after just 41 seconds.

It rarely improved, as England collapsed to their seventh Six Nations reversal in 14 starts since winning the World Cup.

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