What a piece of skill by Ntamack. A perfectly-weighted kick to the corner by Ntamack is claimed on the leap by Penaud ahead of Kinghorn. The Stade de France has the win it craved. It's solid and the driving maul makes good metres and draws a penalty.
Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. 2. 8:00pm Saturday 17th August. Bastareaud made the tackle and got back to his feet but came in from the side and that's a simple three points for Scotland.
In the backs things were just as bad. Dupont and Ntamack are the second-youngest starting 9 and 10 for any team in Five/Six Nations professional era history, averaging 21 years and 16 days. Sensational defence by Scotland. Romain Ntamack's father, Emile, played that day, at full-back, scoring the opening try for France, 88 seconds into the match. France gobbled up the ball before applying the squeeze, with Wesley Fofana's fancy footwork opening the door for Raka to score under the posts. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. It's typically French as the ball goes through the hands of Ramos, Ntamack, Fickou and Huget before it has to be recycled. A long, cut-out pass is almost intercepted by Penaud but the ball makes it's way to Kinghorn on the bobble but there's a spill and play is brought to a stop. Scotland are still very much in touch, trailing as they do by just seven points, but it's really been all France. It's a France penalty regardless. The Scots are playing French-style rugby out from the back. His head-to-head battle against Teddy Thomas saw both score tries, but it was Minozzi who showed a more all-round game that helped drag Italy back into the fight when they were in danger of being blown out of the game. Eighteen phases of play before the ball is eventually lost about 10 metres from the French line. We go to the TMO. As well as his try, Minozzi showed good awareness and handling to link with his teammates to unlock the most impressive defence from the opening weekend. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The young Sale forward helped protect full-back George Furbank by dropping deep, made 12 successful tackles and led a back-row unit that delivered five turnovers in the opening half, and in a game where the hard yards were tough to come by his 70 metres were game-defining. Scotland 28 - 17 France (Ollivon) 12.36pm EDT 12:36 TRY!
Penalties: 25 … “Our inability to score tries is disappointing. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. Adam Hastings did at least put Scotland on the board as he slotted over a 40-yard penalty. Raka (2), Medard (22,54), Alldritt (33), Dupont (60) If Finn Russell is still absent for the visit of Wales to Murrayfield and especially for the final day visit to Twickenham, the rest of their season has the potential to get unspeakably ugly. Do you remember this magic @ScotlandTeam moment from '84?#GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/pIpYtPvp6O.
Can Scotland's defence hold out? 3. Ramos and Laidlaw both kicked and missed penalties, while a Fickou try disallowed for a knock-on meant it was 10-3 at half-time, a pitiful return for France’s dominance. Scorers: try Ntamack 5-0; con Ramos 7-0; pen Ramos 10-0; pen Laidlaw 10-3; try Huget 15-3; try Alldrit 20-3; try Price 20-8; con Hastings 20-10; try Alldrit 25-10; con Serin 27-10. From the kick-off, Scotland manage to claim the ball, Kinghorn feeds Horne who breaks into space, the Scots have a two-on-one and Horne finds Price for a simple score under the posts. Alldritt comes up with the ball and that's surely game over. Les Bleus have failed to win on six of the last eight occasions that they have held a half-time lead in an international match, losing five and drawing one. When France did score, however, it was a try of rare Gallic beauty scored by Romain Ntamack and worthy of any scored by his legendary father, Emile. After concerted pressure from Scotland, Dupont eventually manages to strip the ball and starts a counterattack. Such a same. The French really are looking tired now. This has been the perfect start for France.
Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. 2. 8:00pm Saturday 17th August. Bastareaud made the tackle and got back to his feet but came in from the side and that's a simple three points for Scotland.
In the backs things were just as bad. Dupont and Ntamack are the second-youngest starting 9 and 10 for any team in Five/Six Nations professional era history, averaging 21 years and 16 days. Sensational defence by Scotland. Romain Ntamack's father, Emile, played that day, at full-back, scoring the opening try for France, 88 seconds into the match. France gobbled up the ball before applying the squeeze, with Wesley Fofana's fancy footwork opening the door for Raka to score under the posts. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. It's typically French as the ball goes through the hands of Ramos, Ntamack, Fickou and Huget before it has to be recycled. A long, cut-out pass is almost intercepted by Penaud but the ball makes it's way to Kinghorn on the bobble but there's a spill and play is brought to a stop. Scotland are still very much in touch, trailing as they do by just seven points, but it's really been all France. It's a France penalty regardless. The Scots are playing French-style rugby out from the back. His head-to-head battle against Teddy Thomas saw both score tries, but it was Minozzi who showed a more all-round game that helped drag Italy back into the fight when they were in danger of being blown out of the game. Eighteen phases of play before the ball is eventually lost about 10 metres from the French line. We go to the TMO. As well as his try, Minozzi showed good awareness and handling to link with his teammates to unlock the most impressive defence from the opening weekend. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The young Sale forward helped protect full-back George Furbank by dropping deep, made 12 successful tackles and led a back-row unit that delivered five turnovers in the opening half, and in a game where the hard yards were tough to come by his 70 metres were game-defining. Scotland 28 - 17 France (Ollivon) 12.36pm EDT 12:36 TRY!
Penalties: 25 … “Our inability to score tries is disappointing. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. Adam Hastings did at least put Scotland on the board as he slotted over a 40-yard penalty. Raka (2), Medard (22,54), Alldritt (33), Dupont (60) If Finn Russell is still absent for the visit of Wales to Murrayfield and especially for the final day visit to Twickenham, the rest of their season has the potential to get unspeakably ugly. Do you remember this magic @ScotlandTeam moment from '84?#GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/pIpYtPvp6O.
Can Scotland's defence hold out? 3. Ramos and Laidlaw both kicked and missed penalties, while a Fickou try disallowed for a knock-on meant it was 10-3 at half-time, a pitiful return for France’s dominance. Scorers: try Ntamack 5-0; con Ramos 7-0; pen Ramos 10-0; pen Laidlaw 10-3; try Huget 15-3; try Alldrit 20-3; try Price 20-8; con Hastings 20-10; try Alldrit 25-10; con Serin 27-10. From the kick-off, Scotland manage to claim the ball, Kinghorn feeds Horne who breaks into space, the Scots have a two-on-one and Horne finds Price for a simple score under the posts. Alldritt comes up with the ball and that's surely game over. Les Bleus have failed to win on six of the last eight occasions that they have held a half-time lead in an international match, losing five and drawing one. When France did score, however, it was a try of rare Gallic beauty scored by Romain Ntamack and worthy of any scored by his legendary father, Emile. After concerted pressure from Scotland, Dupont eventually manages to strip the ball and starts a counterattack. Such a same. The French really are looking tired now. This has been the perfect start for France.
Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. 2. 8:00pm Saturday 17th August. Bastareaud made the tackle and got back to his feet but came in from the side and that's a simple three points for Scotland.
In the backs things were just as bad. Dupont and Ntamack are the second-youngest starting 9 and 10 for any team in Five/Six Nations professional era history, averaging 21 years and 16 days. Sensational defence by Scotland. Romain Ntamack's father, Emile, played that day, at full-back, scoring the opening try for France, 88 seconds into the match. France gobbled up the ball before applying the squeeze, with Wesley Fofana's fancy footwork opening the door for Raka to score under the posts. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. It's typically French as the ball goes through the hands of Ramos, Ntamack, Fickou and Huget before it has to be recycled. A long, cut-out pass is almost intercepted by Penaud but the ball makes it's way to Kinghorn on the bobble but there's a spill and play is brought to a stop. Scotland are still very much in touch, trailing as they do by just seven points, but it's really been all France. It's a France penalty regardless. The Scots are playing French-style rugby out from the back. His head-to-head battle against Teddy Thomas saw both score tries, but it was Minozzi who showed a more all-round game that helped drag Italy back into the fight when they were in danger of being blown out of the game. Eighteen phases of play before the ball is eventually lost about 10 metres from the French line. We go to the TMO. As well as his try, Minozzi showed good awareness and handling to link with his teammates to unlock the most impressive defence from the opening weekend. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The young Sale forward helped protect full-back George Furbank by dropping deep, made 12 successful tackles and led a back-row unit that delivered five turnovers in the opening half, and in a game where the hard yards were tough to come by his 70 metres were game-defining. Scotland 28 - 17 France (Ollivon) 12.36pm EDT 12:36 TRY!
Penalties: 25 … “Our inability to score tries is disappointing. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. Adam Hastings did at least put Scotland on the board as he slotted over a 40-yard penalty. Raka (2), Medard (22,54), Alldritt (33), Dupont (60) If Finn Russell is still absent for the visit of Wales to Murrayfield and especially for the final day visit to Twickenham, the rest of their season has the potential to get unspeakably ugly. Do you remember this magic @ScotlandTeam moment from '84?#GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/pIpYtPvp6O.
Can Scotland's defence hold out? 3. Ramos and Laidlaw both kicked and missed penalties, while a Fickou try disallowed for a knock-on meant it was 10-3 at half-time, a pitiful return for France’s dominance. Scorers: try Ntamack 5-0; con Ramos 7-0; pen Ramos 10-0; pen Laidlaw 10-3; try Huget 15-3; try Alldrit 20-3; try Price 20-8; con Hastings 20-10; try Alldrit 25-10; con Serin 27-10. From the kick-off, Scotland manage to claim the ball, Kinghorn feeds Horne who breaks into space, the Scots have a two-on-one and Horne finds Price for a simple score under the posts. Alldritt comes up with the ball and that's surely game over. Les Bleus have failed to win on six of the last eight occasions that they have held a half-time lead in an international match, losing five and drawing one. When France did score, however, it was a try of rare Gallic beauty scored by Romain Ntamack and worthy of any scored by his legendary father, Emile. After concerted pressure from Scotland, Dupont eventually manages to strip the ball and starts a counterattack. Such a same. The French really are looking tired now. This has been the perfect start for France.
France's half-back partnership of Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack is their ninth different pair at 9 and 10 in 18 Six Nations matches since the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
"There will definitely be a revolt compared to our last match. Guirado makes a thumping tackle on Horne that has the crowd going "oooooof". Oh dear! Ramos kicks it through and Kinghorn fumbles. Wave after wave of French forward play... and TRY! Conway is quietly going about his business as the best-performing wing so far in the Six Nations, having put in two very strong performances so far. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Try converted by Ramos. These two matches are Horne's only games as a Scotland No 10. Before that, it was all France. The trio have never played together for Scotland in any international. And France are immediately flying as they charge up the right wing. For Horne, however, the Stade de France was so hellish that it would be no surprise if his third Test start at fly-half was his last. "We know there's pressure on us, there's always pressure on the French national team - even if the results had been positive we would still be under pressure. It strikes the post. What a finish! @RomainNtamack gives France a sensational lead in Paris! Townsend then dropped a hint he may be prepared to take just five props with him when they jet out on September 9 after switching tighthead Simon Berghan to loosehead for the second half. Well here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is... 1. Well! Scotland's away record in the Championship has long been their biggest hurdle blocking their title ambitions. Gaël Fickou and Mathieu Bastareaud are the 9th different centre partnership used by France in the 18 Six Nations matches since the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Did he get there before a Scottish hand? Yours truly will be live blogging the first of today's games, before Charlie Morgan brings you all the action from the Welsh capital, which I will direct you to nearer kick-off. Rugby League; Rugby Union; Snooker; Swimming; Tennis; Winter Sports; Full Sports A-Z; More from Sport. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Cheap penalty for France to give away... offside.
What a piece of skill by Ntamack. A perfectly-weighted kick to the corner by Ntamack is claimed on the leap by Penaud ahead of Kinghorn. The Stade de France has the win it craved. It's solid and the driving maul makes good metres and draws a penalty.
Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. 2. 8:00pm Saturday 17th August. Bastareaud made the tackle and got back to his feet but came in from the side and that's a simple three points for Scotland.
In the backs things were just as bad. Dupont and Ntamack are the second-youngest starting 9 and 10 for any team in Five/Six Nations professional era history, averaging 21 years and 16 days. Sensational defence by Scotland. Romain Ntamack's father, Emile, played that day, at full-back, scoring the opening try for France, 88 seconds into the match. France gobbled up the ball before applying the squeeze, with Wesley Fofana's fancy footwork opening the door for Raka to score under the posts. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. It's typically French as the ball goes through the hands of Ramos, Ntamack, Fickou and Huget before it has to be recycled. A long, cut-out pass is almost intercepted by Penaud but the ball makes it's way to Kinghorn on the bobble but there's a spill and play is brought to a stop. Scotland are still very much in touch, trailing as they do by just seven points, but it's really been all France. It's a France penalty regardless. The Scots are playing French-style rugby out from the back. His head-to-head battle against Teddy Thomas saw both score tries, but it was Minozzi who showed a more all-round game that helped drag Italy back into the fight when they were in danger of being blown out of the game. Eighteen phases of play before the ball is eventually lost about 10 metres from the French line. We go to the TMO. As well as his try, Minozzi showed good awareness and handling to link with his teammates to unlock the most impressive defence from the opening weekend. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The young Sale forward helped protect full-back George Furbank by dropping deep, made 12 successful tackles and led a back-row unit that delivered five turnovers in the opening half, and in a game where the hard yards were tough to come by his 70 metres were game-defining. Scotland 28 - 17 France (Ollivon) 12.36pm EDT 12:36 TRY!
Penalties: 25 … “Our inability to score tries is disappointing. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. Adam Hastings did at least put Scotland on the board as he slotted over a 40-yard penalty. Raka (2), Medard (22,54), Alldritt (33), Dupont (60) If Finn Russell is still absent for the visit of Wales to Murrayfield and especially for the final day visit to Twickenham, the rest of their season has the potential to get unspeakably ugly. Do you remember this magic @ScotlandTeam moment from '84?#GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/pIpYtPvp6O.
Can Scotland's defence hold out? 3. Ramos and Laidlaw both kicked and missed penalties, while a Fickou try disallowed for a knock-on meant it was 10-3 at half-time, a pitiful return for France’s dominance. Scorers: try Ntamack 5-0; con Ramos 7-0; pen Ramos 10-0; pen Laidlaw 10-3; try Huget 15-3; try Alldrit 20-3; try Price 20-8; con Hastings 20-10; try Alldrit 25-10; con Serin 27-10. From the kick-off, Scotland manage to claim the ball, Kinghorn feeds Horne who breaks into space, the Scots have a two-on-one and Horne finds Price for a simple score under the posts. Alldritt comes up with the ball and that's surely game over. Les Bleus have failed to win on six of the last eight occasions that they have held a half-time lead in an international match, losing five and drawing one. When France did score, however, it was a try of rare Gallic beauty scored by Romain Ntamack and worthy of any scored by his legendary father, Emile. After concerted pressure from Scotland, Dupont eventually manages to strip the ball and starts a counterattack. Such a same. The French really are looking tired now. This has been the perfect start for France.
They crossed the try line three times in the first half, although only one actually counted.
