Scotland and France went head to head at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland today at 17:00. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 in SA. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. France won convincingly yet it was a scrappy affair, specially in the 2nd half.
Scores:
Scotland: 3 Penalties Chris Patterson
France: 2 Tries Mathieu Bastareaud, 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morgan Parra
Previous Tests:
Feb 2009 6N, France won 22-13, Stade de France, Paris
Feb 2008 6N, France won 27-6, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Mar 2007 6N, France won 46-19, Stade de France, Paris
Feb 2006 6N, Scotland won 20-16, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Feb 2005 6N, France won 16-9, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2004 6N, France won 31-0, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Oct 2003 WC Pool B, France won 51-9, Stadium Australia, Sydney
Feb 2003 6N, France 38-3, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2002 6N, France won 22-10, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Feb 2001 6N, France won 16-6, Stade de France, Paris
Mar 2000 6N, France won 28-16, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Apr 1999 5N, Scotland won 36-22, Stade de France, Paris
The Teams:
Scotland:
15 Chris Paterson, 14 Thom Evans, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Chris Cusiter (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alastair Dickinson
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 Richie Gray, 19 Alan MacDonald, 20 Rory Lawson, 21 Alex Grove, 22 Hugo Southwell
France:
15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Aurelien Rougerie, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 21 David Marty, 22 Vincent Clerc
Date: Sunday, February 7
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Time: 15:00 (15:00 GMT)
Expecting weather: Max. Temperature is just 4°C with a mild wind expected. White clouds overhead.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
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February 8th, 2010 at 10:02 AM
49@ Oirish – The Logs and SuperBru standings are available here on the web site, open your eyes, it is just under the header graphics!!
Regarding Teams and Picks…. we do a PREVIEW of all Super 14 games on the Thursday before the weekend, well in time for the picking deadlines… but only after full team announcements have been done by the respective teams….
This is going to be a marvelous week, this is our 1st normal Super 14 lead up to the 1st games of 2010.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
GBS@51 – Thanks! I feel like a naughty school boy who has just been whipped by his teacher.
This is all new to me. Now I know. hehehehe