Scotland (14) 17 / 19 (9) France (Final Score)
Scotland and France did battle in the Six Nations tournament at
Murrayfield, Edinburgh at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT, 18:00 French Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 7 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Scotland:
- Penalties – Duncan Weir (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Stuart Hogg (1), Tommy Seymour (1)
- Conversions – Greig Laidlaw (2)
France:
- Penalties – Maxime Machenaud (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Yoann Huget (1)
- Conversions – Maxime Machenaud (1)
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Dave Denton, 7 Kelly Brown (Captain), 6 Johnnie Beattie, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Ryan Grant
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Moray Low, 18 Euan Murray, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Max Evans.
France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Sébastian Vahaamahina, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé (Captain), 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements: 18 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Alexandre Flanquart, 20 Antoine Claassen, 21 Jean-Marc Doussain, 22 Remi Tálès, 23 Gaël Fickou.
Date: Saturday 8 March
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT, 18:00 French Time)
Referee: Chris Pollock (NZ)
Assistant Referees: George Clancy (Ire), JP Doyle (RFU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (Wal)
As with Italy, I fear for Scotland in this match, but hopefully they will give a better account of themselves this weekend
Scotlands big chance, though, is the unknown French team in general. New back row, and 4 other new players as well
Players coming out
Kelly Brown also makes a welcome return to the Scottish jersey
…..Kelly Brown has eyebrows that would put Father Christmas to shame
Princess Anne doing the rounds. Now for the anthems
Silence for Ken Johnstone before that though
Now its the anthems
Spine chilling Flower of Scotland
Game on as France kick off
Scotland are playing in baby blue and white – if anyones wondering
Scrum, Scotland ball
Ends in a kickable penalty to France, but That pitch is to blame. No better than previous matches – the pitch, that is
Maxime Machenaud slots the penalty
Scotland 0 / 3 France (2 min)
Duncan Weir kicks out so they come all the way back to halfway, but steal the line out
That pitch looks terrible
France hard on attack. 5 out, and a scrum to France. They must score here
Turned into a penalty for France, and easily slotted
Scotland 0 / 6 France (10 min)
TRYYYYYYY. Scotland. TMO
A great Up and Under from Hogg, lands just over the try line, France spill the ball and hogg touches down. But will it be given?
It is, great try from his own work by Hogg
Laidlaw slots
Scotland 7 / 6 France (14 min)
France straight back on attack, 5 out
France get the penalty, 5 out just to left of posts
Penalty given, slotted.
Scotland 7 / 9 France (16 min)
Not a great spectacle so far. Scotland get a penalty this time, and find touch on French 10m
….but lose the line out, and France end with a line out in same spot
This time the Scots steal it, and win a penalty for their efforts too. Find touch on French 22
Scots into French 22 and TRYYYYYYYYYYYY, great sleight of hands led to that
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