England 17-9 France

Both sides went in to the game with a 100% record in this seasons Six Nations but both knew that this wouldn't stay like this after the game. England took an early lead after winning the first line out and earning a penalty from a France scrum. Flood kicked it to give England a 3-0 lead after 4 minutes. France got straight back into the game as they won a penalty right under the posts after good work from France. England restored their 3 point lead after 12 minutes following a penalty for offside which was again kicked well by Flood and the same happened 5 minutes later as another offside allowed Flood to double England's lead. Just like after the first score France won themselves a penalty under the posts from the restart which Yachvili kicked again. After 21 minutes France won another penalty this time from an England scrum and this time Yachvili had his first test which he passed by kicking a 45 yard penalty to draw France level at 9-9.
The next 20 minutes of the half didn't bring any points but they did bring lots of good rugby with some silly mistakes from both sides meaning the the ball changed hands a lot and this made the game more entertaining. France probably had the better of it in terms of territory while England had the ball a bit more which again kept it even and made the game entertaining however numerous knock-ons due to a greasy ball meant that the game was a little bit disjointed. France had a chance to take the lead on the stroke of half time through a penalty however this time Yachvili's kick went just wide so the teams went in at half time at 9-9.

Foden celebrates the only try of the game.

The first chance of the second half came to England as Tom Palmer charged down a French kick and forced them back to their own try line where England won a scrum. From the resulting scrum England went right but when the ball came back left fullback Ben Foden went over in the corner for the games first try. Flood couldn't convert it but England now had a 5 point lead. Just moments later Flood and Youngs broke through and Ashton thought he'd gone on to score England's second try only for it to be pulled back for a forward pass in the build up but it was much better play from England.
Flood then got injured in a tackle that won England a penalty and his replacement was non other than Jonny Wilkinson who's first task was to slot a difficult 48 yard penalty to give England a 8 point lead. As England had done so much in the game they then gave away another penalty straight after scoring but Yachvili's kick rebounded off the upright and back in to play to keep England's 17-9 lead for the time being. France nearly got a try to get them back in the game just before the hour mark but a knock-on just on the try line prevented it and France yet again came away from a good attack with no points.
Mike Tindall then went over after good work from Wilkinson but the try was ruled out and a penalty was given to France as the ref judged that Tindall had been tackled and didn't release the ball. England then went back into the mistake riddled mood of the first half but to their relief so did France and as the clock ticked down England were happy to slow it down knowing that France needed to score twice. England saw out the game and won 17-9 to keep the hope of a Grand Slam alive but they know that the silly mistakes will have to be cut out if they are to keep up the run. For now at least it's 3 wins out of 3 for Martin Johnson's men.