England stun France to earn first Six Nations win as late change proves masterstroke

ENGLAND 26-25 FRANCE: Steve Borthwick's men near it precocious but got their archetypal triumph of this year's Six Nations, acknowledgment to precocious alteration of kick-taker successful Fin Smith, who replaced namesake Marcus

England enactment themselves backmost successful Six Nations rubric contention aft beating tourney favourites France successful melodramatic fashion.

An 78th-minute effort from Elliot Daly acceptable Fin Smith up to triumph the crippled for England, having taken implicit kicking duties from namesake Marcus. The fly-half turned full-back had missed 2 captious kicks successful the 2nd half.

France took a deserved pb successful the 30th infinitesimal erstwhile Antoine Dupont and Damian Penaud combined, sending Louis Bielle-Biarrey done to interruption the deadlock. But Ollie Lawrence enactment down soon aft to level the scores astatine 7-7 going into half-time.

The visitors past recovered themselves six points up aft Thomas Ramos scored back-to-back penalties. England responded again, though, arsenic Fin Smith dinked the shot into abstraction and played young Northampton team-mate Tommy Freeman successful for a try.

Marcus Smith had the accidental to enactment England successful beforehand but missed the kick. And the 25-year-old did the aforesaid aft France had taken their vantage to six points again, arsenic Penaud enactment down himself.

England's alteration of footwear taker was palmy erstwhile Fin Smith stepped up to person Fin Baxter's try. Bielle-Biarrey enactment France up but Daly's last-gasp effort allowed Fin Smith to people the winning footwear and enactment England successful the pb for the archetypal clip successful the match.

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