Six Nations - Murrayfield, 26 February 2012, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Scotland (10) 17 - 23 (10) France (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
7 5 - 0

Very patient build-up play from Scotland with Laidlaw switching the line to Lamont who puts Hogg over the line into the corner - where has this Scotland been in the past year???

9 7 - 0

And Laidlaw adds an awesome conversion from the touchline - France have been given a huge wake up call here

25 10 - 0

Greig Laidlaw knocks over the three points from just inside the French 22 - Scotland have been superb so far

28 10 - 5

Ruthless from France as Trinh-Duc bounces off two Scotland tackles and after a couple of passes Fofana goes over the tryline

29 10 - 7

Parra adds the extras to reduce Scotland's lead to three

38 10 - 10

Parra knocks over his first penalty of the day from 43 metres out to draw the game level

46 10 - 13

Parra knocks over the easy three points from in front of the posts to give France a narrow lead

55 15 - 13

Superb from Scotland as they turn the ball over and after a good break from Weir - Vernon sprints away to put Lee Jones over in the corner - great execution

56 17 - 13

Duncan Weir has his first points for Scotland as he knocks over the conversion - Scotland have a four point lead

58 17 - 18

Lack of concentration for Scotland proves costly as Medard takes on Malzieu's pass and sprints away with no one in his way

59 17 - 20

Parra knocks over the extras with ease

68 17 - 23

France are patient and eventually it pays off with Beauxis dropping from about 30 metres out to put Les Bleus six points ahead

Timeline

Time Scotland  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
7 Hogg - try 5 - 0
9 Laidlaw - conversion 7 - 0
25 Laidlaw - penalty goal 10 - 0
28 10 - 5 Fofana - try
29 10 - 7 Parra - conversion
30 Blair - sub off
Cusiter - sub on
RP Lamont - sub off
de Luca - sub on
38 10 - 10 Parra - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 10 - 13 Parra - penalty goal
48 Weir - sub on
Laidlaw - sub off
50 Debaty - sub on
Poux - sub off
Servat - sub on
Szarzewski - sub off
52 Vernon - sub on
Denton - sub off
55 Jones - try 15 - 13 Picamoles - sub off
Bonnaire - sub on
56 Weir - conversion 17 - 13
58 17 - 18 Medard - try
59 17 - 20 Parra - conversion
61 Kalman - sub on
Cross - sub off
Medard - sub off
Beauxis - sub on
65 Nallet - sub on
Maestri - sub off
68 Lawson - sub on
Ford - sub off
17 - 23 Beauxis - drop goal
69 Kellock - sub on
Hamilton - sub off
74 Parra - sub off
Dupuy - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result France won by a margin of 6 points
Six Nations points France 2, Scotland 0
 
Ground name Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance 67200
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Scotland Test debuts D Weir
France Test debuts none

Teams

Scotland France
Tries Hogg (7), Jones (55) Tries Fofana (28), Medard (58)
Cons Laidlaw (9), Weir (56) Cons Parra (29, 59)
Pens Laidlaw (25) Pens Parra (38, 46)
Drops none Drops Beauxis (68)

Match stats

Scotland   France
2 Tries 2
2 from 2 Conversion goals 2 from 3
1 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 3
75.0% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
14 Kicks from hand 17
188 Passes 108
159 Runs 120
516 Metres run with ball 447
Attacking
55% Possession 45%
57% Territory 43%
11 Clean breaks 4
16 Defenders beaten 17
20 Offloads 7
116 from 123 (94.3%) Rucks won 77 from 84 (91.7%)
2 from 3 (66.7%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
21 Turnovers conceded 17
Defensive
110/17 Tackles made/missed 171/16
86.6% Tackling success rate 91.4%
Set pieces
3 won, 1 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
10 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hogg 1/0 5 5/1/10 125 3 4 0 7 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W RP Lamont 0/0 0 0/1/2 19 1 0 1 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
C SF Lamont 0/0 0 0/7/12 39 0 1 3 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Morrison 0/0 0 0/8/10 33 0 1 2 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Jones 1/1 5 0/3/10 54 1 0 0 2 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Laidlaw 0/0 5 2/25/5 1 0 1 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 3/38/6 38 1 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/4/5 2 0 1 1 1 4/1 0/1 4 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/1/14 46 2 2 0 2 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Cross 0/0 0 0/0/7 6 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/5/9 10 0 0 2 0 10/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Hamilton 0/0 0 1/3/7 3 0 0 1 2 9/1 2/1 0 0/0
F Barclay 0/0 0 0/10/14 12 0 2 2 0 13/1 4/0 1 0/0
F Rennie 0/0 0 0/8/4 7 0 0 1 1 11/3 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Denton 0/0 0 0/4/13 36 0 2 2 0 4/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Lawson 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Kalman 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
(L) Kellock 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Vernon 0/1 0 0/3/7 24 1 0 2 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cusiter 0/0 0 2/48/5 30 1 1 1 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Weir 0/0 2 1/13/5 9 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) de Luca 0/0 0 0/4/9 22 1 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Medard 1/0 5 4/5/12 116 2 5 2 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Clerc 0/1 0 2/3/4 20 1 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Rougerie 0/0 0 3/10/8 38 0 0 1 1 11/4 0/0 0 0/0
C Fofana 1/0 5 0/2/6 22 0 6 0 2 14/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Malzieu 0/1 0 1/6/10 62 1 1 3 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Trinh-Duc 0/0 0 2/12/9 32 0 2 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Parra 0/0 10 2/42/6 16 0 0 0 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Poux 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
H Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/2/8 19 0 0 0 1 11/2 0/0 3 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/3/4 0 0 0 0 0 14/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Pape 0/0 0 0/5/9 7 0 0 0 0 14/3 2/0 0 0/0
L Maestri 0/0 0 0/0/5 7 0 1 0 2 15/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/3/11 39 0 0 0 3 25/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/3/9 19 0 0 0 3 10/0 4/0 0 0/0
N8 Picamoles 0/0 0 1/2/6 34 0 0 1 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Servat 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Debaty 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Nallet 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Bonnaire 0/0 0 0/4/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Dupuy 0/0 0 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Beauxis 0/0 3 1/4/3 5 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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