France 15-8 Scotland
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Attendance: 78,191
France v Scotland Match Reports
France won a tight encounter with Scotland in their opening Six Nations match in Paris. The Scots scored the only try of the match in the first half, but the French led 9-8 at the break thanks to three Lopez penalties. A tight second half saw a huge defensive effort from Scotland, who were reduced to 14 men when Johnnie Beattie was sin-binned. Two more Lopez penalties saw France to a 15-8 victory over Scotland. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Scotland brave but familiar story in France
- Guardian: Camille Lopez ensures Scotland’s wait for victory in France goes on
- Telegraph: Brave Scots fall just short in Paris
- Daily Mail: Les Bleus suffer big scare in Paris as Camille Lopez kicks home side to Six Nations victory
- Sky Sports: France dig deep to secure 15-8 win over Scotland in Paris
- ESPN: Lopez puts the boot into Scottish hopes
- Wales Online: Wait for win in Paris goes on for Vern Cotter's men despite Dougie Fife try
- Scotsman: France 15 - 8 Scotland: Scots drop opener
- RBS 6 Nations: Lopez steers France to nervy triumph
France v Scotland Match Highlights
France v Scotland Match Statistics
France 15 (9)
Penalties: Lopez (5)
Scotland 8 (8)
Tries: Fife
Penalties: Laidlaw
Man of the Match: Camille Lopez (France)
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Alexandre Menini
- 2 Guilhem Guirado
- 3 Rabah Slimani
- 4 Pascal Pape
- 5 Yoann Maestri
- 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Captain)
- 7 Bernard Le Roux
- 8 Damien Chouly
Backs
- 9 Rory Kockott
- 10 Camille Lopez
- 11 Teddy Thomas
- 12 Wesley Fofana
- 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
- 14 Yoann Huget
- 15 Scott Spedding
Replacements
- 16 Benjamin Kayser
- 17 Uini Atonio
- 18 Eddy Ben Arous
- 19 Romain Taofifenua
- 20 Loann Goujon
- 21 Morgan Parra
- 22 Remi Tales
- 23 Remi Lamerat
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Alasdair Dickinson
- 2 Ross Ford
- 3 Euan Murray
- 4 Richie Gray
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 Rob Harley
- 7 Blair Cowan
- 8 Johnnie Beattie
Backs
- 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Tim Visser
- 12 Alex Dunbar
- 13 Mark Bennett
- 14 Tommy Seymour
- 15 Stuart Hogg
Replacements
- 16 Fraser Brown
- 17 Gordon Reid
- 18 Geoff Cross
- 19 Jim Hamilton
- 20 Alasdair Strokosch
- 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
- 22 Peter Horne
- 23 Dougie Fife