Scotland (10) 17 France (10) 23 (Final Score)
Scotland and France did battle in the Six Nations at Murrayfield, Edinburgh at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Stuart Hogg (1), Lee Jones (1)
- Conversions – Greig Laidlaw (1), Duncan Weir (1)
France:
- Penalties – Morgan Parra (2)
- Drop Goals – Lionel Beauxis (1)
- Tries – Wesley Fofana (1), Maxime Médard (1)
- Conversions – Morgan Parra (2)
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Rory Lamont, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Lee Jones, 10 Greig Laidlaw, 9 Mike Blair, 8 David Denton, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 John Barclay, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford (captain), 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Ed Kalman, 18 Alastair Kellock, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Duncan Weir, 22 Nick De Luca.
France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz.
Date: Sunday 26 February 2012
Kick-off: 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT)
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Possible weather conditions: Foggy but fine with a high of 12°, dropping to 6°
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
February 26th, 2012 at 18:41 SAST
Relieving penalty for Scotland… good kick
February 26th, 2012 at 18:43 SAST
4 Minutes to go…
February 26th, 2012 at 18:44 SAST
@ Just For Kicks:
The general consensus is that ‘rugby’ was the winner at Twickenham yesterday!
Rather a mad day so far and I have not managed to read the papers point of view yet tho!
February 26th, 2012 at 18:44 SAST
Free Kick for France, from a scrum, they choose to scrum again.
Scotland gets a Free Kick from the resulting scrum.
Knock by Scotland… oi vei
February 26th, 2012 at 18:45 SAST
This game dying a desperate death now
February 26th, 2012 at 18:46 SAST
BIGGGG French Scrum… and they march the Scots metres… and they get their penalty.
February 26th, 2012 at 18:46 SAST
Missed left by Beauxis
February 26th, 2012 at 18:47 SAST
It looks like the Scots chose their tight 5 for their line out ability, because they have been truly woeful in the scrums – worse than the Stormers, and thats saying something!!!
February 26th, 2012 at 18:48 SAST
Scotland try and run it on the left wing… bundled out… last lineout.
Game Over
February 26th, 2012 at 18:50 SAST
Final Score: Scotland 17 / 23 France
February 26th, 2012 at 18:50 SAST
Well that it, Scotland fought for the Braveheart as valiantly as usual, but it wasn’t to be. The very erratic frogs take the victory 17-23
February 26th, 2012 at 18:51 SAST
Well I’m off, will hopefully catch up during tomorrows matches. Cheers all
February 26th, 2012 at 18:57 SAST
112 @ Just For Kicks:
Cheers, I’ve got mail to send to our Web Hosts with my results
February 26th, 2012 at 20:25 SAST
I know a bit late here but took a break from blogging and watching today, congratulations France. Some good periods of play by Scotland and didn’t think the half time score reflected the game until then but France just seemed to soak up a load of the pressure and play when they needed to. Big turning point I think was when Blair went off.
February 26th, 2012 at 20:40 SAST
15@ Just For Kicks:
Hello JFK our try scoring record has not been great for a while now but don’t know where that stat comes from as its wrong, Scotland scored a try against Wales in Cardiff in game week before last, and arguably should have got a 2nd as many folk believe the ref made a mistake on thinking Hogg knocked on before he scored a try that was disallowed. Also got one at Twickenham last… Two tries today is a good improvement though.