SCOTLAND v FRANCE
Sunday 3 February 2008
Murrayfield

Referee: Paul Honiss (NZ)
Touch judges: Bryce Lawrence (NZ), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
TMO: Rob Debney (England)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)

Head to Head
Played 80
Scotland won 34
France won 43
Drawn 3

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

France v Scotland since 1997
Played 12
Scotland won 2 (1999 at Paris 36-22, 2006 at Murrayfield 20-16)
France won 10

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

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

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

Overall Six Nations Record (2000-07)
Scotland P40 W12 D1 L27
France P40 W30 D0 L10

International Championship all time records

Points
429 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
406 Neil Jenkins (Wales)
395 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)
294 Stephen Jones (Wales)
288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland)
278 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
270 David Humphreys (Ireland)

Tries
24 Ian Smith (Scotland)
18 Cyril Lowe (England)
18 Rory Underwood (England)
18 Gareth Edwards (Wales)
17 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland)

Scotland - form guide from 2007 Six Nations
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 (6N) A L 19-46
Ireland H W 31-21
SA H L 3-27
Portugal (RWC) N W 56-10
Romania (RWC) N W 42-0
NZ (RWC) N L 0-40
Italy (RWC) N W 18-16
Argentina (RWC) N L 13-19

France - form guide from 2007 Six Nations
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 (6N) H W 46-19
NZ A L 11-42
NZ A L 10-61
England A W 22-15
England H W 22-9
Wales A W 34-7
Argentina (RWC) H L 12-17
Namibia (RWC) H W 87-10
Ireland (RWC) H W 25-3
Georgia (RWC) H W 64-7
NZ (RWC) N W 20-18
England (RWC) H L 9-14
Argentina (RWC) H L 10-34

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

Scotland - all time leading points scorers
667 Gavin Hastings
614 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
22 Chris Paterson
17 Gavin Hastings
17 Alan Tait
17 Gregor Townsend

France - most capped players
118 Fabien Pelous
111 Philippe Sella
98 Raphael Ibanez
93 Serge Blanco
89 Olivier Magne
78 Abdelatif Benazzi
71 Olivier Brouzet
71 Jean-Luc Sadourny
71 Sylvain Marconnet
71 Christian Califano