Scotland 17-23 France
Date:
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Attendance: 67,144
Scotland v France Match Reports
France overcame a 10 point deficit to beat Scotland 23 points to 17 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. It was the fifth successive Test match defeat for the unlucky Scots. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Scotland 17-23 France
- Guardian: Scotland fall short after taking France to the edge
- Independent: Valiant Scotland narrowly miss out on win
- Telegraph: Scotland 17 France 23: match report
- Daily Mail: Robinson's brave boys downed by Les Bleus
- Scotsman: Scots emerge with credit despite loss
- RBS 6 Nations: Gallant Scots fall short against below-par France
- Sydney Morning Herald: France survive Scotland scare
Scotland v France Match Statistics
Scotland (10) 17
Tries: Hogg, Jones
Conversions: Laidlaw, Weir
Penalties: Laidlaw
France (10) 23
Tries: Fofana, Medard
Conversions: Parra 2
Penalties: Parra 2
Drop-goals: Beauxis
Man of the Match: Ross Rennie (Scotland)
Scotland Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Rory Lamont, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Lee Jones, 10 Greig Laidlaw, 9 Mike Blair
Forwards: 1 Allan Jacobsen, 2 Ross Ford (captain), 3 Geoff Cross, 4 Richie Gray, 5 Jim Hamilton, 6 John Barclay, 7 Ross Rennie, 8 David Denton
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Ed Kalman, 18 Alastair Kellock, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Duncan Weir, 22 Nick De Luca
France Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra
Forwards: 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 3 Nicolas Mas, 4 Pascal Pape, 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 8 Louis Picamoles
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz