6N 2016: Scotland v France, 13 March

by **George Carlin** Sat 5 Mar 2016 - 8:15

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6N 2016: Scotland v France, 13 March - Page 4 Scotla11

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SCOTLAND v FRANCE
13 March 2016
KO: 15:00 GMT
BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Live on BBC, FR2, RTE, FR2, DMAX / ITV(H)

Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Touch judges: [tbc]
Television match official: [tbc]

A. Head to Head

85 Played 85
34 Won 49
2 Drawn 2
49 Lost 34
1,009 Points 1,150

B. Recent Form

5 September 2015: Stade de France, Saint-Denis
19 – 16 to France

7 February 2015 : Stade de France, Saint-Denis
15 – 8 to France

8 March 2014: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
17 – 19 to France

16 March 2013: Stade de France, Saint-Denis
23 – 16 to France

26 February 2012: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
17 – 23 to France

5 February 2011 : Stade de France, Saint-Denis
34 – 21 to France

7 February 2010 : Murrayfield, Edinburgh
9 – 18 to France

C. Teams

SCOTLAND
6N 2016: Scotland v France, 13 March - Page 4 Pia_410

6N 2016: Scotland v France, 13 March - Page 4 Pia_410

[tbc]

FRANCE
6N 2016: Scotland v France, 13 March - Page 4 Gaia_210

[tbc]

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 14:57

I'm getting behind the sofa. This is too tense already!

by TightHEAD Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 14:59

Why do they shout ENGLAND whilst signging flower of Scotland?

by EnglishReign Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:05

Great, now France are good again

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:06

We really can't have Horne playing 10 for the rest of the match. Please please be ok Finn!

by TJ Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:06

Both teams come to play so Rugby. Should be good for the neutral but I am joining the Lama behind the sofa

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:06

Peter Horne at 10.

Just give France the win now then!

by **RDW** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:08

Feckin French brass band next to me - this is going to be a long 80 minutes!

by Pot Hale Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:08

France here to jouer jouer.

by TightHEAD Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:09

EnglishReign wrote:Great, now France are good again

Yeh great, hopefully they won't back it up with a performance next week too.

by whocares Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:12

Trinh Duc

no need to keep Scotland in this game censored

by majesticimperialman Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:13

Have France suddenly become good? Or are Scotland poor?

by VinceWLB Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:16

Laidlaw pass is all over the shop, this is awful to watch.

by Pot Hale Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:21

French players being picked on again. Pushing and shoving them around. Tsk tsk.

by TightHEAD Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:22

That was jock No1 turning in, how did Jackson miss that?

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:22

Have to say it does please me to see Scottish players clearly trying to wind up the opposition, we've been far too nice on the whole recently (apart from big Jim obviously)

by TightHEAD Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:23

RDW_Scotland wrote:Feckin French brass band next to me - this is going to be a long 80 minutes!

Could be worse could be bagpipes!

by whocares Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:26

Too many handling errors and not even the excuse of the rain Sad

by **George Carlin** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:30

Right, so can we not fall asleep a third time when its a short arm penalty?

That would be super.

by **George Carlin** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:32

What happened to Russell by the way?

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:34

What a try!!

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:35

Great team try. Even good play by Horne.

Need frodo to quicken up his service

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:38

Oh my god. Taylor take a bow son that was unreal

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:38

Great run Taylor. Great NFL blocking by Horne

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:40

Breathless stuff.

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:40

18-5

I'll feckin take that

by lostinwales Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:44

two good tries one after the other

Fun game

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:45

I'm pooped just watching this

by TJ Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:46

Can I come out from behind the sofa?

by majesticimperialman Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:46

Scotland playing a lot better than i was expecting them too.

Half time Scotland 18 v France 12.

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:47

Fantastic match. Not good for my blood pressure though!

Horne is playing very well to be fair to him. Would like Laidlaw to put a couple of snipes in around the fringes to pull defenders in closer to the ruck, at the moment the french defensive line is pretty well set as they know we aren't going to pick and go or have Greig attack the fringes. Throw a couple of darting runs in there to mix it up a bit. Otherwise he's playing well

by **RDW** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:49

All a bit too easy for France at times - they just need to keep the ball in our half and they score.

Need to stop giving away cheap penalties around half way.

by **George Carlin** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:58

George Carlin wrote:What happened to Russell by the way?

by TJ Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 15:59

George Carlin wrote:
George Carlin wrote:What happened to Russell by the way?

Head knock I think. He looks fine tho

by eirebilly Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:01

This is a very open match, cant call it either way at the moment. the try on halftime will hurt Scotland though.

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:01

TJ wrote:
George Carlin wrote:
George Carlin wrote:What happened to Russell by the way?

Head knock I think. He looks fine tho

John Barclay got fed up of his pish and put the boot on him (alternately, he accidentally caught Barclay's boot and went off for HIA and never returned)

by maestegmafia Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:08

Great kick by Hogg

Very entertaining game so far

by VinceWLB Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:11

Soft penalty here, not sure what went wrong.

by **RDW** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:14

France regularly making ground out wide

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:17

Stupid penalties are killing us!

by VinceWLB Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:18

Another soft penalty given against Scotland, Jackson clearly favouring France now.

by **RDW** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:19

Too many halfway line penalties - we should just leave the bloody rucks alone when it's not on!!

by **George Carlin** Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:19

Very sad that we do the difficult things well (like defend that maul) and then we kick ourselves in the nuts with the braindead stuff.

by whocares Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:21

VinceWLB wrote:Another soft penalty given against Scotland, Jackson clearly favouring France now.

Am waiting for him to let our players do a block or 2 to even things out then Smile

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:23

Oh good, Ryan Wilson Rolling Eyes

by whocares Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:24

Well that was really stupid by maestri ...

by Pot Hale Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:27

France really are pish.

by tigertattie Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:28

Odd what happened to the French 18? He just came on

by Eejit Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:29

This game has heroic Scottish defeat written all over it.

by whocares Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:30

Game over. Well done scotlan

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun 13 Mar 2016 - 16:30

Hoggy that was magic! If we hadn't scored there that would surely have been a yellow to the French for cynically holding on in the ruck

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