France v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Stade de France, Paris

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Attendance: Played behind closed doors

France v Scotland Match Reports

Scotland celebrated a first victory in Paris for over 20 years with a last-gasp 27-23 win over France. The hosts entered the rescheduled match with the Six Nations title still in their sights, but they failed to subdue a determined Scottish side. With only three points separating the two sides at the end of the match, Scotland went through phase after phase to create an opening for Duhan van der Merwe to score a late try and snatch a famous victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

France v Scotland - Match Highlights

France v Scotland - Match Stats

France: (13) 23
Try: Dulin (36'), Penaud (46'), Rebbadj (66')
Conversion: Ntamack (37')
Penalty: Ntamack (9', 28')

Scotland: (10) 27
Try: van der Merwe (15', 81'+4), Cherry (61')
Conversion: Russell (15', 62'), Hastings (81'+6)
Penalty: Russell (19', 53')
Red Card: Russell (71')

Man of the Match: Gael Fickou (France)


France v Scotland - Team Line-ups

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Cyril Baille
  • 2 Julian Marchand
  • 3 Mohamed Haouas
  • 4 Bernard Le Roux
  • 5 Swan Rebbadj
  • 6 Anthony Jelonch
  • 7 Charles Ollivon (Captain)
  • 8 Gregory Alldritt

Backs

  • 9 Antoine Dupont
  • 10 Romain Ntamack
  • 11 Gael Fickou
  • 12 Arthur Vincent
  • 13 Virimi Vakatawa
  • 14 Damian Penaud
  • 15 Brice Dulin

Replacements

  • 16 Camille Chat
  • 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros
  • 18 Uini Atonio
  • 19 Romain Taofifenua
  • 20 Dylan Cretin
  • 21 Baptiste Serin
  • 22 Anthony Bouthier
  • 23 Teddy Thomas

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rory Sutherland
  • 2 George Turner
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Sam Skinner
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Nick Haining

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sam Johnson
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 David Cherry
  • 17 Oli Kebble
  • 18 Simon Berghan
  • 19 Alex Craig
  • 20 Ryan Wilson
  • 21 Scott Steele
  • 22 Adam Hastings
  • 23 Huw Jones
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