Grand Slam for France
03/20/2010 09:42:42 PM
onto a chip kick from Care but the ball skipped on into touch.
England stole the lineout from Harinordoquy inside the French 22 but it was driven backwards and Flood snatched a dropped goal attempt wide of the posts.
After Cueto had run the ball back - something England did so rarely at Murrayfield - Ashton attacked down the left but decided to chip ahead and was beaten to the touchdown by Palisson.
Harinordoquy piled forward again and Trinh-Duc was ready to slot the drop-goal when Parra inexplicably sent up a box kick inside England's 22 and with no chasers Foden claimed it comfortably.
England had been the better side in the first 20 minutes of the second half but needed something to show for it against a defiant French defence.
Mathew Tait's half-break was halted and Dimitri Szarzewski nicked possession back for France. Trinh-Duc cleared but Ashton decided to run the return ball.
Foden was snagged but England won a penalty just in-field from the right touchline and five metres into the French half.
Wilkinson stepped up to strike a monster of a kick and his effort dropped just over the bar and England had closed the gap.
But France closed the game out expertly and it took the Grand Slam glory.