PARIS (Reuters) -
The French forgot all about flair, wearing down their opponents in the scrums and mauls and relying on the accurate boot of scrumhalf Morgan Parra on a rainy night on the outskirts of Paris.
England started in promising fashion, scoring the only try of the match when fullback Ben Foden finished off their best move of the tournament.
England kept pressing and got within two points with a superb penalty by substitute flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson, but France, with an early drop goal by flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc and three Parra penalties in the first half did just enough.
Ireland's surprise home defeat by Scotland earlier in the day had already given France their first title 2007 and their Paris victory secured their ninth grand slam.
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France coach Marc Lievremont, who won a Grand Slam as a player in 1998, basked in the team's glory
"I feel great pride for myself and for the squad," said Lievremont, who was a surprise choice to replace Bernard Laporte after the 2007 World Cup when they went out for the second successive time to England in the semi-finals.
"I thought for a while we were afraid of winning this match. But the team showed a lot of courage against a good English team that dominated large parts of the game."
