Despite the dominance on-field, England only hit the front on the scoreboard for the first time in the game with less than 10 minutes to play. For all the flaws in France's game, it was the visitors who struck first on the scoreboard in the 30th minute, only for England to hit right back a few minutes later to level the scores going into the break. France went back into the lead after the break with a couple of penalties in the second half, and while England had a shot at hitting the lead earlier on when Freeman went over for his try it was the missed conversion that kept Les Bleus ahead. But the two sides traded tries from there until the final whistle, with the final conversion from Fin Smith ultimately proving to be the winning points.