- England 22-19 France (after extra time)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie’s late try rescues home side
To England the spoils but their sudden-death victory in the final of the Autumn Nations Cup prompted more questions than it answered. If, on this evidence, you were to pick the likelier winner of the 2023 Rugby World Cup it would be France, despite the extra‑time “golden” penalty from Owen Farrell which earned the hosts another trophy and allowed them to dodge a chastening defeat to opponents lacking two dozen of their best players.
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