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36 mins. A scrum in the Scottish half takes a little while to complete, and when it does Scotland win a penalty by forcing the French front row to pop up.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>YELLOW CARD! Mathieu Jalibert (France)<\/p>\n The French 10 pays the price for being the latest one pinged of the recent repeated infringements in the build up to the try.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Scotland 19 – 14 France (Pierre Schoeman)<\/p>\n 32 mins. Tuipulotu tell Russell to out the penalty into the corner, and from the lineout Scotland put on a regulation maul for a five metre gain in the 22 before the backs have a go. Russell races up to the line and is inches short and still in possession; so the phases and carries come again with another advantage for offside being played, which they don\u2019t need as Schoeman forces over.<\/p>\n Russell converts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30 mins. This is the first time the French defence have been tested consistently and they are not coping well. Scotland do nothing more than put the ball through hands and recycle at pace and Les Bleus are infringing all over the place as they scramble against an attacking dynamism they are not used to.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Scotland 12 – 14 France (Kyle Steyn)<\/p>\n 26 mins. A delightful try this. From the catch and drive at the lineout, Turner breaks right like a scrum-half running with the ball. He throws a switch pass to Stern, who is off his wing like a bullet train to sprint a diagonal line back against the defensive drift and into the left corner. A really clever move<\/p>\n Russell misses the extras<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25 mins. That dispiriting few minutes has not dampened Scotland\u2019s commitment as they immediately come back hard in the middle of the park. This pressure forces some poor discipline in defence from France, and the home side have a lineout in the 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Scotland 7 – 14 France (Theo Attissogbe)<\/p>\n 22 mins. From the lineout the ball moves towards the left wing via a grubber kick. Bielle-Biarrey carresses it with his left foot, first touch like a gorgeous soccer through ball, for Attissogbe to run onto and ground in-goal.<\/p>\n Ramos again adds two more points.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 mins. Jones takes the ball from lineout possession and kicks to touch, a decent option that is then ruined by Graham being penalised for being in on the wrong side of the maul.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Scotland 7 – 7 France (Louis Bielle-Biarrey)<\/p>\n 18 mins. Tuipulotu has the ball ripped off him in the tackle by Dupont, who decides now is the time to remind everyone he has the strength of ten bears. This happen on the Scottish 22 and the ball is flung quickly to Bielle-Biarrey who swan dives into the corner to ground it.<\/p>\n Ramos booms the conversion over from way out wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16 mins. The first proper visit for France to the opposition 22. A few short carries from the forwards, with Marchand leading from the front, before Jalibert calls for it and chips towards Attissogbe\u2019s wing. He get a hand to it, but he\u2019s surrounder by three defenders and can only slap it forward. Scotland will have an awkward defensive scrum near their own line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 mins. France work the ball to the right from the scrum and there\u2019s enough sophistication in the first phase pattern to free Attissogbe into the Scotland half on the wing. He looks inside to pass to Bielle-Biarry, but it goes slightly behind the flier and to ground. In Attissogbe\u2019s defene, his team-mate had overrun it a tad.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 mins. Tuipulotu is carrying like a monster so far, and he has another that splinters a couple of defenders on the French 10m metre line. It presents a platform, but there\u2019s a knock-on by a Scottish hand soon after.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 mins. Kinghorn was forced to run the Bielle-Biarrey kick into touch, but France make a mess of their maul at the lineout, can\u2019t get the ball out and lose possession. This is compounded with them giving a penalty away on the next play, which means Russell can clear the ball and the pressure to touch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 mins. Ramos decides it\u2019s time for France to assert themselves and with a flat pass he finds Bielle-Biarrey in enough space to break on the left. He chips over Russell to chase and ricochets off the Scotland 10 to the ground. The howls from the French fans can be heard in Lille, but Ref Gardner reckons there\u2019s nothing in it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Scotland 7 – 0 France (Darcy Graham)<\/p>\n 5 mins. Ben White goes quickly from a free kick given at the scrum to send Tuipulotu rampaging into the defensive line and forcing them backwards. The ball is recycled quickly and via Jones and Russell makes it\u2019s way to Graham to open the scoring.<\/p>\n Russell converts.<\/p>\n Darcy Graham escapes the French defence \u2026 Photograph: Russell Cheyne\/ReutersBefore going over to score. Photograph: Andrew Milligan\/PAGraham (right) celebrates with Ben White (left). Photograph: Andrew Milligan\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.32 EST<\/p>\n 4 mins. It\u2019s advantage Scotland as Ramos fumbles a Russell kick forward off his chest. He was under no pressure at all, but the sun is fierce on that side of the pitch and hindered him. Scotland scrum coming in the France half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 mins. Some textbook take, recycle, kick periods from both sides; each probing for an opening via the boot and kick chasers. So far nothing doing for either.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.14 EST<\/p>\n Kick Off!<\/p>\n Jalibert chips us into action with a deep kick into Scottish territory.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAs much as I\u2019d like to say as a Scotland fan there is always hope, and for all the talk of the attacking merits of both sides, I think the real question is one of defence.\u201d posits Matt Sumption.<\/p>\n \u201cScotland have struggled to keep games truly tight, especially since Steve Tandy left, and you can see the team has a different focus to the 2019-22 era. On the other hand, the French defence in this tournament has looked ferocious. Cannot see Scotland being able to withstand long periods of pressure against a team with the best try scoring record in the tournament. \u201c<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a glorious day in Edinburgh as the teams head out of the tunnel and onto the sun dappled grass. The formalities will be completed and then we\u2019ll have a game to take in.<\/p>\n Clear blue sky above Murrayfield as the fans make their way into the stadium. Photograph: Jane Barlow\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.16 EST<\/p>\n Pre match reading<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Please get in touch with your thoughts and frustrations both pre-match and throughout. on the email<\/a>. I look forward to reading them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Team news<\/p>\n Gregor Townsend makes five changes to the side that squeaked past Wales, opting for a full overhaul of the front row and a reshuffle in the pack. Pierre Schoeman, George Turner, and D\u2019Arcy Rae all step into the starting front row, replacing Nathan McBeth, Dave Cherry, and Zander Fagerson. In the back row, Jack Dempsey is fixed from injury and returns at number eight, prompting Matt Fagerson to shift to blindside flanker and Gregor Brown to move into the boilerhouse alongside Scott Cummings. It\u2019s as you were in the backline.<\/p>\n France field the same side that overpowered Ireland back in round one. Matthieu Jalibert is back at fly\u2011half and with centre pairing of Yoram Moefana and Nicolas Depoort\u00e8re reunited after injuries. Whether this would have happened without the finger injury to Fabien Brau\u2011Boirie we will never know.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Teams<\/p>\n Scotland France
Blair Kinghorn; Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu, Kyle Steyn; Finn Russell, Ben White; Pierre Schoeman, George Turner, D\u2019Arcy Rae, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey.
Replacements: Ewan Ashman, Rory Sutherland, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Freddy Douglas, Josh Bayliss, George Horne, Tom Jordan.<\/p>\n
Thomas Ramos; Th\u00e9o Attissogb\u00e9, Nicolas Depoort\u00e8re, Yoram Moefana, Louis Bielle\u2011Biarrey; Matthieu Jalibert, Antoine Dupont; Jean\u2011Baptiste Gros, Julien Marchand, Dorian Aldegheri, Charles Ollivon, Micka\u00ebl Guillard, Fran\u00e7ois Cros, Oscar J\u00e9gou, Anthony Jelonch.
Replacements: Peato Mauvaka, Rodrigue Neti, Demba Bamba, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou, Lenni Nouchi, Baptiste Serin, Pierre\u2011Louis Barassi.<\/p>\n