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France take on England in the 2025 Six Nations championships on Saturday afternoon at Twickenham in south-west London, hoping to emulate their exploits of two years ago when they annihilated their hosts 53-10 to register a record win over their rivals in 117 years of competition.

Everything you need to know ahead of the Six Nations fixture

France’s head coach, Fabien Galthié, said Marcus Smith ‘carries genius with him’ as his side prepared to face England at Twickenham

Marcus Smith is moved to full-back against France with Fin Smith handed his first international start at fly-half

Romain Ntamack was sent off in the 43-0 defeat of Wales in Paris and has been handed a three-week suspension, but will be available again to face Ireland

The France playmaker was sent off late on in the Six Nations win over Wales and has been handed a ban

Murley sustained a foot injury on debut against Ireland in Dublin with Steve Borthwick now contemplating the balance of his backline and back row

Bordeaux scored six tries in a dominant 45-12 victory to end Saracens’ run in the Champions Cup

Paolo Garbisi’s penalty hit the post with the last kick in a thrilling 13-13 draw where France’s Jonathan Danty was sent off for a head-on-head tackle

Les Bleus’ post-tournament refit has not been as drastic as some expected and they face Ireland with a team of relative veterans

Thrashing means Saracens have lost five of their past seven games