FRANCE v SCOTLAND
Saturday 17th March 2007
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Craig Joubert (SA)
Touch judges: 1-Donal Courtney (Ireland) 2-Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Head to Head
Played 79
France won 42
Scotland won 34
Drawn 3

Biggest wins
France (points) 51-16 1998 51-9 2003
(margin) 51-9 2003
Scotland (points) 36-22 1999
(margin) 31-3 1912

France v Scotland since 1997
Played 11
France won 9
Scotland won 2 (1999 at Paris 36-22, 2006 at Murrayfield 20-16)

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

France
Win
Points 56-13 v Italy 2005
Margin 51-0 v Wales 1998
Loss
Points 14-49 v Wales 1910
Margin 0-37 v England 1911

Scotland
Win
Points 38-10 v Ireland 1997
Margin 38-10 v Ireland 1997
31-3 v France 1912
Loss
Points 16-51 v France 1998
Margin 3-43 v England 2001

Composite Six Nations Record (2000-07)
France P39 W29 D0 L10
Scotland P39 W12 D1 L26

France - form guide from 2006 Six Nations
Scotland (6N) A L 16-20
Ireland (6N) H W 43-31
Italy (6N) H W 37-12
England (6N) H W 31-6
Wales (6N) A W 21-16
Romania A W 62-14
South Africa A W 36-26
New Zealand H L 3-47
New Zealand H L 11-23
Argentina H W 27-26
Italy (6N) A W 39-3
Ireland (6N) A W 20-17
Wales (6N) H W 32-21
England (6N) A L 18-26

Scotland - form guide from 2006 Six Nations
France (6N) H W 20-16
Wales (6N) A L 18-28
England (6N) H W 18-12
Ireland (6N) A L 9-15
Italy (6N) H W 13-10
South Africa A L 16-36
South Africa A L 15-29
Romania H W 48-6
Pacific Islanders H W 34-22
Australia H L 15-44
England (6N) A L 20-42
Wales (6N) H W 21-9
Italy (6N) H L 17-37
Ireland (6N) H L 18-19

France - most capped players
111 Philippe Sella
110 Fabien Pelous
93 Serge Blanco
87 Olivier Magne
87 Rafael Ibanez
78 Abdelatif Benazzi
71 Olivier Brouzet
71 Jean-Luc Sadourny
71 Sylvain Marconnet
69 Roland Bertranne
69 Philippe Saint-Andre
69 Christian Califano

France - most captaincies
42 Fabien Pelous
34 Jean-Pierre Rives
34 Philippe Saint-Andre
33 Raphael Ibanez
25 Daniel Dubroca
24 Guy Basquet
22 Michel Crauste

France - all time leading points scorers
380 Christophe Lamaison
367 Thierry Lacroix
354 Didier Camberabero
267 Gerald Merceron
265 Jean-Pierre Romeu
247 Thomas Castaignede
243 Frederic Michalak
234 Dimitri Yachvili

France - all time leading try scorers
38 Serge Blanco
33 Philippe Saint-Andre
30 Philippe Sella
26 Emile Ntamack
26 Philippe Bernat-Salles
23 Christian Darrouy
23 Christophe Dominici

Scotland - most capped players
83 Scott Murray
82 Gregor Townsend
75 Gordon Bulloch
73 Chris Paterson
71 Stuart Grimes
65 Scott Hastings
70 Kenny Logan
61 Gavin Hastings
61 Doddie Weir
61 Tom Smith
60 Craig Chalmers
60 Bryan Redpath
57 Jason White

Scotland - all time leading points scorers
667 Gavin Hastings
557 Chris Paterson
273 Andy Irvine
220 Kenny Logan
210 Peter Dods
166 Craig Chalmers
164 Gregor Townsend

Scotland - all time leading try scorers
24 Ian Smith
24 Tony Stanger
21 Chris Paterson
17 Gavin Hastings
17 Alan Tait
17 Gregor Townsend