SIX NATIONS: Scotland 9 (6) vs France 18 (15) (full time) – Game Thread

Published 7 February 2010 | By grootblousmile

Scotland and France went head to head at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland today at 17:00. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 in SA. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. France won convincingly yet it was a scrappy affair, specially in the 2nd half.

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Scores:

Scotland: 3 Penalties Chris Patterson

France: 2 Tries Mathieu Bastareaud, 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morgan Parra

Previous Tests:
Feb 2009 6N, France won 22-13, Stade de France, Paris
Feb 2008 6N, France won 27-6, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Mar 2007 6N, France won 46-19, Stade de France, Paris
Feb 2006 6N, Scotland won 20-16, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Feb 2005 6N, France won 16-9, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2004 6N, France won 31-0, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Oct 2003 WC Pool B, France won 51-9, Stadium Australia, Sydney
Feb 2003 6N, France 38-3, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2002 6N, France won 22-10, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Feb 2001 6N, France won 16-6, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2000 6N, France won 28-16, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Apr 1999 5N, Scotland won 36-22, Stade de France, Paris

The Teams:

Scotland:
15 Chris Paterson, 14 Thom Evans, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Chris Cusiter (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alastair Dickinson
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 Richie Gray, 19 Alan MacDonald, 20 Rory Lawson, 21 Alex Grove, 22 Hugo Southwell

France:
15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Aurelien Rougerie, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 21 David Marty, 22 Vincent Clerc

Date: Sunday, February 7
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Time: 15:00 (15:00 GMT)
Expecting weather: Max. Temperature is just 4°C with a mild wind expected. White clouds overhead.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)

52 Responses to SIX NATIONS: Scotland 9 (6) vs France 18 (15) (full time) – Game Thread

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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 2:32 pm

Hello,

Should be an easy win for France….

See you later, and we’ll talk up a storm during this match. I’ll keep the live scores going…
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 2:34 pm

SuperBru Standings and the different Logs have been updated and will be updated again after this match…

Freegin hope I can move up from the bottom of the SuperBru page…. eishhhhhhhhh
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Puma on 7 February 2010 at 3:14 pm

2 – GBS, You see what happens when we choose a rugby country??? I too lost out yesterday picking Wales….haha.

Today would love Scotland to win but that will never happen. So for my SuperBru……..GO France.
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 3:43 pm

3@ Puma – Fark, I bloody hope France win…. my Bru is a disaster so far…. hehehehe
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 4:55 pm

OK, are we ready…. I am!
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:05 pm

Some hard tackling going, both ways
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Puma on 7 February 2010 at 5:06 pm

5 – GBS, YEBO..hehehe. Ready as can be.

Go Scotland…… 😀 Don’t think it will happen though.

For my SuperBru it has to be France 🙁
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:07 pm

Come Blouste, Oerwoudkat…. talk boytjies, talk!
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:10 pm

Scots are fired up, for sure
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:11 pm

1st Blood for Scots…. Patterson in his 99th Test

Kilts 3 / Frogs 0
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:13 pm

Almost try by France…. TMO
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Puma on 7 February 2010 at 5:14 pm

No try what is taking them so long.
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:15 pm

Damn, the scrummie from Scotland is way offside…. way!
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:16 pm

Scots are kakking in the scrums
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:17 pm

Try France, it was inevitable
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Puma on 7 February 2010 at 5:18 pm

Try France, that is probably the end of Scotland 🙁
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:21 pm

France 5 / 3
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:26 pm

I’ll add photo’s as the game goes on
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:30 pm

Fast game with lots of scoring opportunities… all balls not going to hand though
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:34 pm

Parra penalty

Frogs 8 / 3
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:36 pm

Penalty Patterson

Frogs 8 / 6
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:38 pm

Try France again… Bastareaud
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:40 pm

Frogs 15 / 6
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:46 pm

Lemoenetyd

Let me put more pics on…..
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:55 pm

OK, go check the pics
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:58 pm

2nd half on
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 5:59 pm

France immediately on attack
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Loosehead on 7 February 2010 at 5:59 pm

Hello GBS, where do you get the pics from?
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grootblousmile on 7 February 2010 at 6:00 pm

28@ Loskoppie – I’m at the game…. hehehehe

No, only joking, I digitally capture it from the feed!
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Puma on 7 February 2010 at 6:01 pm

GBS, Catch up later have my neighbour over.

Think France will win this with ease.

SIX NATIONS: Scotland 9 (6) vs France 18 (15) (full time) – Game Thread

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