Scotland v France

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v France Match Reports

Scotland put an end to Les Bleus' hopes of a Grand Slam with a 28-17 victory over 14-man France at BT Murrayfield. The game was balanced at 9-7 towards the end of the first half when French prop Mohamed Haouas was sent off for striking Jamie Ritchie. Scotland wasted no time in capitalising on their man advantage with Sean Maitland going over for a try on the stroke of half-time. Maitland scored another try early in the second-half as Scotland started to pull away from the visitors. Stuart McInally plundered a third try in the 64th minute to all but end French hopes. France captain Charles Ollivon scored his side's second try in the final minutes of the match, but it wasn't enough. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v France - Match Highlights

Scotland v France - Match Stats

Scotland: (14) 28
Try: Maitland (41', 45'), McInally (64')
Conversion: Hastings (46', 66')
Penalty: Hastings (11', 19', 37')

France: (7) 17
Try: Penaud (33'), Ollivon (76')
Conversion: Jalibert (34', 76')
Penalty: Jalibert (61')
Red Card: Haouas (37')

Man of the Match: Jamie Ritchie (Scotland)


Scotland v France - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rory Sutherland
  • 2 Fraser Brown
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Scott Cummings
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Nick Haining

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Adam Hastings
  • 11 Blair Kinghorn
  • 12 Sam Johnson
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Sean Maitland
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 Stuart McInally
  • 17 Allan Dell
  • 18 Willem Nel
  • 19 Sam Skinner
  • 20 Magnus Bradbury
  • 21 George Horne
  • 22 Duncan Weir
  • 23 Kyle Steyn

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Jefferson Poirot
  • 2 Julien Marchand
  • 3 Mohamed Haouas
  • 4 Bernard Le Roux
  • 5 Paul Willemse
  • 6 Francois Cros
  • 7 Charles Ollivon (Captain)
  • 8 Gregory Alldritt

Backs

  • 9 Anthony Dupont
  • 10 Romain Ntamack
  • 11 Gael Fickou
  • 12 Arthur Vincent
  • 13 Virimi Vakatawa
  • 14 Damian Penaud
  • 15 Anthony Bouthier

Replacements

  • 16 Camille Chat
  • 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros
  • 18 Demba Bamba
  • 19 Romain Taofifenua
  • 20 Dylan Cretin
  • 21 Baptiste Serin
  • 22 Mathieu Jalibert
  • 23 Thomas Ramos
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