France survive England comeback in warm-up

Aug 22, 2015 - 9:22 PM Veteran fly-half Frederic Michalak gave his hopes of a World Cup starting spot a major lift with a record-breaking performance as France downed England 25-20 in Saturday's warm-up match.

Michalak kicked 17 points as he became France's all-time leading scorer, boosting his hopes of a third World Cup appearance when coach Philippe Saint-Andre names his final squad on Sunday.

France were worthy winners although they had to endure a nervy last 10 minutes when England, trailing 25-6 at the time, scored two quickfire tries.

England had won the first of these warm-ups last weekend at Twickenham with a narrow 19-14 triumph.

France made 12 changes from that match while England went for 14 changes in their starting XV, making them almost at full-strength.

Source: AAP