Scotland v France

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v France Match Reports

Scotland fought their way to a 32-26 victory over France at BT Murrayfield. In an entertaining first half, Teddy Thomas scored two tries for France, whilst Sean Maitland and Huw Jones both crossed for Scotland. After the break it came down to penalties, and man-of-the-match Greig Laidlaw nailed all six of his penalty kicks to take the win for Scotland. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v France - Match Highlights

Scotland v France - Match Stats

Scotland: (14) 32
Try: Maitland (13'), Jones (32')
Conversion: Laidlaw (14', 33')
Penalty: Laidlaw (44', 49', 61', 65', 71', 77')

France: (20) 26
Try: Thomas (3', 27')
Conversion: Machenaud (4', 28')
Penalty: Machenaud (10', 41'+1), Serin (47', 58')

Man of The Match: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)


Scotland v France - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Gordon Reid
  • 2 Stuart McInally
  • 3 Simon Berghan
  • 4 Grant Gilchrist
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 John Barclay (CAPTAIN)
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Ryan Wilson

Backs

  • 9 Greig Laidlaw
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Sean Maitland
  • 12 Pete Horne
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Tommy Seymour
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Scott Lawson
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 Jon Welsh
  • 19 Ben Toolis
  • 20 David Denton
  • 21 Ali Price
  • 22 Chris Harris
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Jefferson Poirot
  • 2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Rabah Slimani
  • 4 Arthur Iturria
  • 5 Sébastien Vahaamahina
  • 6 Wenceslas Lauret
  • 7 Yacouba Camara
  • 8 Marco Tauleigne

Backs

  • 9 Maxime Machenaud
  • 10 Lionel Beauxis
  • 11 Virimi Vakatawa
  • 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou
  • 13 Rémi Lamerat
  • 14 Teddy Thomas
  • 15 Geoffrey Palis

Replacements

  • 16 Adrien Pelissie
  • 17 Eddy Ben Arous
  • 18 Cedate Gomes Sa
  • 19 Paul Gabrillagues
  • 20 Louis Picamoles
  • 21 Baptiste Serin
  • 22 Anthony Belleau
  • 23 Benjamin Fall
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