France 22-9 England: After missing his first penalty, Jonny Wilkinson converts his second to put the visitors ahead Jean-Baptiste Elissalde makes it 3-3 in the 14th minute after Shaun Perry concedes a silly penalty Former rugby league player Andy Farrell starts at centre and gets involved in a couple of fights as the half wears on Trailing 9-3, England see Simon Shaw sin-binned and Phil Vickery taken off as they both attempt to stop Damien Traille With Elissalde making it 12-3 at the break, Wilkinson reduces the gap to six points a minute into the second half Yannick Nyanga looks certain to score the first try but drops the ball after a two-man tackle from Tom Rees and Wilkinson England's defences are finally breached in the 48th minute when Yannick Jauzion beats Farrell and Perry to touch down Dan Hipkiss tries to create something for Brian Ashton's men as Wilkinson converts another penalty to make it 19-9 France see a chance wasted by Imanol Harinordoquy who goes for glory, rather than make use of an overlap, and fails With the game into its final phase, Frederic Michalak assumes the kicking duties and extends the hosts' lead by three points There are no further scores as France's 22-9 win condems England to their 15th defeat out of 16 away from Twickenham
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