Le Crunch (English: The Crunch) describes the rugby union rivalry between England and France. Popularised in the 1980s and 90s, the term described both teams' dominant success in the Five Nations Championship during that period.

Both teams compete annually in the Six Nations Championship. Apart from their annual fixture, the teams have also met in six warm-up matches prior to the 2003, 2007 and 2015 Rugby World Cups (RWC), with France winning on four occasions and England two. They have also met on five occasions at the Rugby World Cup with England winning on three occasions and France two.

Summary

Overall

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Results

Non-test results

Below is a list of matches that were not awarded test match status and so do not appear in the list of official statistics.

List of series

Notes

References