FRA
No.Name
15Scott Spedding, FB
14Noa Nakaitaci, W
13Remi Lamerat, C
12Gael Fickou, C
T
11Virimi Vakatawa, W
10Camille Lopez, FH
5
9Baptiste Serin, SH
1Cyril Baille, P
2Guilhem Guirado, H
3Uini Atonio, P
4Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
5Yoann Maestri, L
6Loann Goujon, FL
7Kevin Gourdon, FL
8Louis Picamoles, N8
Replacements
16Christopher Tolofua, R
17Rabah Slimani, R
18Xavier Chiocci, R
19Julien le Devedec, R
20Damien Chouly, R
21Maxime Machenaud, R
22Jean-Marc Doussain, R
23Yoann Huget, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade de France
3:00 PM, February 12, 2017
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Match Commentary

81'22-16 End of second half
80'Lopez boots it out and France win!
80'France keeping it tight, 60 seconds on the clock.
79'Huw Jones loses it and France kick long. Hogg regathers, counters but loses it too. France have possession.
78'Scotland on the attack 40 metres out.
77'Lopez slots it, Scotland will need a converted try now.
77'22-16 Penalty goal - Camille Lopez , France
76'France have another penalty, Scotland collapse the line-out drive. They'll go for the posts again to try and push the lead out to six points.
75'Another huge scrum by France and they win a penalty. The scrum has been the difference. France have bossed it.
75'Substitute on - Duncan Weir , Scotland
75'Player substituted - Finn Russell , Scotland
73'Russell makes a break, looks to offload but it goes to ground and France have a scrum.
72'Lopez splits the posts and France lead!
72'Penalty France. Maxime Machenaud of all people wins it at the ruck. Lopez will have a shot this time after turning down two penalties moments earlier.
72'Player substituted - Guilhem Guirado , France
72'Substitute on - Christopher Tolofua , France
72'19-16 Penalty goal - Camille Lopez , France
70'Penalty Scotland. France all over it but Peyper calls them for the angle from the loosehead. Big call.
69'Reset, Scotland have been under all sorts of pressure at the scrum today. They need one big push here.
68'TMO says he has lost control! Scotland scrum.
68'WOW. France go close through Yoann Huget. He might be short though, does he have control. TMO having a good look.
67'France turn down another easy attempt and go for the scrum. Another big call from Les Bleus.
67'Substitute on - Ross Ford , Scotland
67'Player substituted - Fraser Brown , Scotland
66'Scotland give away a penalty for offside, and there's another stoppage for an injury. Couple of big tackles there from Fraser Brown and Jonny Gray.
66'Scotland just holding on here.
66'No advantage, and somewhat surprisingly France have gone for touch. Would've been an easy 3. The crowd love it.
64'Big drive from France in to Scotland's 22. Penalty advantage.
63'France push Scotland's line-out drive back and Peyper calls for an accident off side. A bit more push and shove, and yet another penalty at the scrum for France.
62'Picamoles gives away a penalty at the ruck, couldn't help himself. Scotland will have a line-out just short of France's 22.
62'Player substituted - Mark Bennett , Scotland
62'Substitute on - Alex Dunbar , Scotland
60'This is a bruising clash. Goujon is down with a head knock, he clashed heads with Hardie earlier. He needs to be taken off surely and common sense prevails this time.
60'Player substituted - Loann Goujon , France
60'Substitute on - Damien Chouly , France
59'Josh Strauss down, which isn't good for Scotland who don't have any second row / back row replacements left.
59'France win a turnover and have a chance to spin it wide but Picamoles throws a wobbly old pass to Fickou and its ruled forward.
59'Player substituted - Cyril Baille , France
59'Substitute on - Xavier Chiocci , France
59'Player substituted - Yoann Maestri , France
59'Substitute on - Julien le Devedec , France
59'Player substituted - Zander Fagerson , Scotland
59'Substitute on - Simon Berghan , Scotland
57'Yet another HIA, Scotland's third of the match. Alex Dunbar coming off for Mark Bennett.
57'Substitute on - Mark Bennett , Scotland
57'Player substituted - Alex Dunbar , Scotland
56'Player substituted - Baptiste Serin , France
56'Substitute on - Maxime Machenaud , France
55'Scotland win a penalty at the ruck and Hogg is going to have a long range attempt. Similar to Spedding it goes well wide.
54'Picamoles makes easy metres off the back of the scrum. Another huge shift from the Saints No. 8.
53'Lovely chip from Hogg collected by Maitland puts Scotland on the fron foot. Russell boots to open space next phase but it trickles dead. France have a scrum.
53'Substitute on - Yoann Huget , France
53'Player substituted - Virimi Vakatawa , France
52'France on the attack and their captain Guirado carries them in to Scotland's 22. But they lose it next phase.
52'France on the attack and their captain Guirado carries them in to Scotland's 22. But they lose it next phase.
50'Spedding's attempt is well wide.
49'Another scrum penalty for France. And Spedding is going to take a long range shot from halfway.
48'Player substituted - Damien Chouly , France
48'Substitute on - Loann Goujon , France
47'Russell overcooks the re-start and France have a scrum.
47'Russell overcooks the re-start and France have a scrum.
47'16-16 Penalty goal - Camille Lopez , France
46'France go close but its held up. Peyper comes back for a penalty. Lopez should level it from in front unless he does a "Russell".
45'France immediately on the attack. Try saving tackle from Hogg on Gourdon.
45'Russell misses the conversion inexplicably from in front! That could be costly. Replays show the ball falling off the tee as he kicked it. School boy stuff after a moment of brilliance.
45'Russell misses the conversion inexplicably from in front! That could be costly. Replays show the ball falling off the tee as he kicked it. School boy stuff after a moment of brilliance.
45'Player substituted - Allan Dell , Scotland
45'Substitute on - Gordon Reid , Scotland
45'Substitute on - Damien Chouly , France
45'Player substituted - Loann Goujon , France
45'Player substituted - Uini Atonio , France
45'Substitute on - Rabah Slimani , France
44'More on the try - Russell with a lovely one handed offload to Seymour who kicks over Spedding who gets an awful bounce, Seymour regathers and finds Swinson ranging in support who runs through under the posts.
44'TRY - Swinson scores a remarkable try for Scotland!
44'13-16 Try - Tim Swinson , Scotland
43'Scotland earn a penalty and Price taps and goes quickly.
42'Fagerson gives away a penalty at the scrum. Tough afternoon for the Scotland tighthead.
41'Hardie will have to undertake an HIA as well after a big head on head collision with Goujon. Tim Swinson comes on.
41'John Barclay remains off, he hasn't passed his HIA. John Hardie remains on the field as Finn Russell gets us underway.
41'Player substituted - John Hardie , Scotland
41'Substitute on - Tim Swinson , Scotland
41'13-11 End of first half
40'Spedding and Serin get in each other's way and there's a little knock on. That'll be half-time.
40'France get a bit of luck from the bounce and are on the attack inside Scotland's 22.
40'13-11 Start of second half
39'Russell slots it. Two point game approaching the break.
39'13-11 Penalty goal - Finn Russell , Scotland
38'Dunbar with the steal at the ruck, and France are penalised for playing the ball on the ground. Russell will line up another shot from roughly 42 metres out in front.
37'John Barclay, who was deputising for the injured Laidlaw as captain, has had to come off for a HIA.
36'Russell strikes it well, and reduced the gap to five points.
36'Player substituted - John Barclay , Scotland
36'Substitute on - John Hardie , Scotland
36'13-8 Penalty goal - Finn Russell , Scotland
35'Scotland go close but Fickou intercepts from the line, Peyper was playing advantge. Finn Russell to take his first shot at goal of the match.
33'Seymour does brilliantly to collect Scotland's re-start and the visitors are on the attack,
32'Lopez sneaks the conversion inside the right upright.
32'TRY - Gael Fickou burrows over after some fantastic build up from the home side. Serin with the quick ball from the ruck, gets it out to Fickou who puts his head down and goes between Hogg and Maitland to score.
32'13-5 Conversion - Camille Lopez , France
31'11-5 Try - Gael Fickou , France
30'France playing under advantage.
29'France on the attack, quick exchanges between backs and forwards lets Fickou loose. They're about 10 metres out from Scotland's line.
27'Lopez hits the right upright and Russell clears.
27'Ali Price has just come on, and he's given away a silly penalty for a push. Scotland had the initial penalty. Lopez will line up another shot at goal.
26'Bit of push and shove after the whistle! Still going on. The French are fired up and Scotland not relenting!
26'Picamoles with a superb offload to put France on the front foot.
25'That tackle from Laidlaw is his last act, the scrum-half is walking up the touch line and Ali Price is on. Scotland lose their number one goal kicker.
25'Substitute on - Ali Price , Scotland
25'Player substituted - Greig Laidlaw , Scotland
24'Huge driving maul from the line-out and Picamoles peels off and goes charging into Scotland's 22. The visitors do well to get back and earn a penalty at the ruck.
23'Once again Fagerson gets worked over at the scrum and gives away a penalty. Lopez kicks to touch, France will have a line-out 30 metres from Scotland's line.
22'There's a little knock on from Maitland in the tackle and France have a scrum. Dunbar getting some attention for a knock but he seems to be fine.
22'Some lovely offloads from France is getting the home side over the advantage line. Not afraid to run it out from their 22 which is great to see.
20'Lopez puts France back in front.
20'France making easy metres, and have a penalty advantage. They're inside Scotland's 22. Referee Peyper goes back to the penalty and Lopez will have another shot at goal.
20'6-5 Penalty goal - Camille Lopez , France
19'France collect the re-start.
18'Crossbar! Laidlaw's conversion attempt from the sideline just falls short.
17'TRY - Stuart Hogg scores his third of the Championship! Huw Jones creates it from a loose pass, draws in Vakatawa and Hogg jinks his way over in the right corner.
17'3-5 Try - Stuart Hogg , Scotland
16'Scotland keeping it tight one off the ruck runners through the forwards led by the Gray brothers.
14'Risky play from France, who take a quick throw and kick for touch but it has been taken back inside their 22. So Scotland have a line-out 18 or so metres out.
13'Scotland shaky at set piece. France win a line-out against the throw but don't make the most of possession.
12'Some big defence from France and Scotland fail to go anywhere. Picamoles with a massive hit on Zander Fagerson. Hogg decides to kick, Spedding clears to touch.
11'Free kick France and Lopez goes for the up and under which is well collected by Stuart Hogg.
10'France loosehead Cyril Baille deserves praise for that scrum, put Zander Fagerson on the back foot big time.
10'France loosehead Cyril Baille deserves praise for that scrum, put Zander Fagerson on the back foot big time.
10'Big French scrum, Strauss under all sorts of pressure at the back and he drops the ball as he tries to pick it up. Missed opportunity from the visitors.
8'France backing themselves to run it out of their own 22. Not a good option, Scotland hold up Lamerat and the visitors get a scrum in great attacking position.
7'Lopez opens France's account.
7'3-0 Penalty goal - Camille Lopez , France
6'France earn a penalty at the ruck, Strauss the guilty party. Lopez to line up a shot at goal from around 40 metres out.
5'Finn Russell goes for a little chip kick but it is well tidied up by France who clear through Lopez. Hogg collects and kicks in to touch.
4'First scrum, solid hit from France.
3'Nakaitaci played that passage of play with one boot!
3'Scotland turnover and Sean Maitland makes a big break. But the visitors fail to hold on to possession. French fling it wide and Huw Jones almost intercepts! What a start.
3'Scotland turnover and Sean Maitland makes a big break. But the visitors fail to hold on to possession. French fling it wide and Huw Jones almost intercepts! What a start.
2'France on the attack as Nakaitaci makes a break. The hosts hot on the attack.
1'Early turnover at the ruck and France have first opportunity to attack. But Scotland earn a penalty at the the next phase, not releasing.
1'Here we go! Camille Lopez gets us underway.
1'Both anthems belted out, and as we've seen before the start of the previous two games, a moment of applause for Joost van der Westhuizen.
1'Both sides run out on to Stade de France as the home fans chant Allez les blues. Great atmosphere!
1'Good afternoon and welcome to the live updates as France host Scotland at Stade de France in Paris. Not since 1999 have Scotland won in the French capital, will today be their day?
1'Good afternoon and welcome to the live updates as France host Scotland at Stade de France in Paris. Not since 1999 have Scotland won in the French capital, will today be their day?
1'0-0 Start of first half

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