Channel Tunnel over £3 million. Ten workers, eight of them British, were killed during construction between 1987 and 1993, most in the first few months of boring. A two-inch (50-mm) diameter pilot hole allowed the service tunnel to break through without ceremony on 30 October 1990. On 1 December 1990, Englishman Graham Fagg and Frenchman Phillippe Cozette broke through the service tunnel with the media watching. Eurotunnel completed the tunnel on time, and it was officially opened, one year later than originally planned, by Queen Elizabeth II and the French president, François Mitterrand, in a ceremony held in Calais on 6 May
History of rugby union matches between England and France 57, France winning 40, and 7 matches have been drawn. Overall, England have scored 1,658 points, and France 1,328. In the World Cup, the teams have played on five occasions, with England winning three and France two; there have been no draws. In these games, England have scored 78 points, and France 64. In the Five Nations (1910–1999), England had played France on 70 occasions, England winning 36, France 27 and seven matches had been drawn. In these games, England had scored 889 points, and France 775. In the Six Nations (2000–present), England have played France on 19 occasions, England