England vs France LIVE SCORE: Action ON NOW in monumental clash at Twickenham as Red Rose chase first Six Nations win

England 0-0 France

First scrum of the time connected the halfway enactment and France get the precocious hand.

Dupont picks up and puts successful a delightful footwear looking for Penaud, but the footwear has conscionable excessively overmuch connected it and goes into touch.

England 0-0 France

Marcus Smith receives the archetypal footwear and gives it to Ben Earl.

Gregory Alldritt charges down the pursuing kick.

The crippled has started astatine rather a lick.

Kick-off: England 0-0 France

Here we spell then!

England person 1 heck of a occupation to bash if they privation to halt the rampant French.

Finn Smith gets america underway!

Anthems

Both anthems person been belted retired and we're a speedy advertisement interruption distant from getting started!

It's a monumental lucifer for England.

Almost time

The English and French players are successful the passageway and astir to locomotion retired onto the Twickenham transportation - not agelong to spell now!

Ash concern

England fable Chris Ashton is not definite this was the close crippled to bring Fin Smith successful - the erstwhile winger is disquieted astir the magnitude of the game.

He told BBC 5Llive: "I americium an advocator for Fin Smith, but I don't cognize wherefore he's been picked to commencement successful this game.

"Steve Borthwick had Japan successful the autumn and decided not to play him. Smith's a fantastic subordinate and helium is precise overmuch a squad organiser.

"It's conscionable a large crippled to propulsion him into."

Fin edge

Fin Smith knows precisely wherefore he's been brought into the team.

He told Rugby Union Weekly: "If I tin get the onslaught flowing, get immoderate of the immoderate of the awesome backs we've got into the game, past I'll consciousness similar I've enactment successful a decent performance

"The main happening I privation to bash is is springiness those guys a level and and existent clarity astir what I privation from them and hopefully let them to excel themselves."

The signifier is set...

Miserable conditions successful TW2 hasn't stopped fans coming retired successful unit for 1 of the biggest matches successful the tournament.

The stands are continuing to capable but different fans stay extracurricular enjoying the past of their - astir apt soggy - picnics.

Penaud returns

Despite the awesome 43-0 won implicit Wales, French manager Fabien Galthie has besides made 2 changes to his team.

Les Bleus were handed a large boost for the crippled with Damian Penaud coming successful connected the wing.

Penaud has scored 36 tries successful 53 caps and is conscionable 2 tries distant from Serge Blanco's all-time record.

He replaces Theo Attissogbe contempt his 2 tries past weekend.

Matthieu Jalibert has besides travel successful astatine fly-half aft Romain Ntamack was banned for a crippled for a precocious reddish card.

England expects

Steve Borthwick's squad volition request to beryllium a batch amended than they were successful Ireland past week.

While they defended manfully, particularly successful the archetypal half, determination was a existent deficiency of attacking menace and Ireland's people yet told.

Borthwick has made a large alteration to his starting XV to effort and springiness his onslaught immoderate teeth.

Marcus Smith has been moved from fly-half to full-back and Fin Smith has travel successful astatine No 10.

Freddie Steward, who missed a tackle for a try, has been dropped to the bench.

There is besides a alteration connected the wings with Northampton Saints effort instrumentality coming successful for Cadan Murley.

Murley scored connected debut but has been ruled retired of this 1 due to the fact that of an injury.

Hello!

Here we spell then! A monumental lucifer awaits america present astatine Twickenham - England invited France knowing this is simply a must-win if they are to person immoderate accidental of winning the Six Nations this year.

France participate the crippled afloat of assurance having enactment Wales to the sword past week.

They scored 43 unanswered points past Warren Gatland's team.