Scotland – France: the demonstration of the Blues, the summary of the match

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Scotland France the demonstration of the Blues the summary

17:40 – Thank you

Thank you all for having followed this undisputed victory of France against Scotland at Murrayfiled (36-17). The next match of the Blues in the 6 Nations Tournament will take place in two weeks, on March 11, in Cardiff against Wales.

17:31 – France in demonstration

What an image to remember from this enchanting afternoon at Murrayfield between Fickou’s arching run to get around the Scottish defense and come and plant the third blue try in the corner when the siren had already sounded two minutes earlier just before the break or the rebound favorable to Danty in a reminiscence of Dominici against New Zealand during the 1999 World Cup? Unless it’s Ntamack’s brilliant cross to erase a Scottish curtain mounted quickly but having forgotten to protect his rear and send Penaud to the test, or the aggressiveness of Alldritt and his hands so precious in the fight on the ground , and the support of Baille, decisive on the first two tricolor tries.

Many are the actions that should be welcomed as the Blues delighted rugby fans, this Saturday, February 26. An authentic display of rugby, which will have seen Fabien Galthié’s men make a dizzying start to the match with two tries after 12 minutes of play before wiping out the Scottish waves, narrowly escaping submersion thanks to a ball dropped by Hogg as in-goal came after a formidable breakthrough from Van der Merwe, and the score was only 12-10 in favor of the visitors. Scotland had missed their chance to pass because just before the break, Fickou was reviewing the Scottish defense to plant the third French banderilla. A clinical reaction before unrolling. Because the second act was of total mastery. Often surprised when they returned from the locker room, Dupont and his family applied themselves and drove the point home by Danty as soon as the resumption. A test which forced the Scots, stunned, almost dazed, to discover themselves and to come up against the harshness of the tricolor defense. Gradually the races became less sharp when the Habs did not weaken with the reinforcement of the bench. At the hour mark, Darge, author of the first and more than precious Scottish try, was cornered by Fickou and Gros. Mauvaka snatched the ball from his arms, which Taofifenua was responsible for transforming. It overlooked Danty, who finally shifted Penaud for a run to the in-goal in a boulevard. All the blue success summed up in a symbolic action where the defense will have fed the attack, stifling the opponent before slicing him.

The end of the match allowed the Clermont winger to sign a double run, his sixteenth try in selection, and Scotland to do without ointment with a bold recovery from Kinghorn, concluded by Van der Merwe. Mass had been said for a long time and some British supporters had already abandoned Murrayfield, abandoned to French songs. With manner, the XV of France signed a significant victory in a stadium where it had not won in the 6 Nations Tournament since 2014 and not scored as many points since 2004. Two years after the defeat and the frustration of a missed performance in the same stadium, Dupont, Baille and consort have grown well and assert themselves more than ever as the favorites to a title that has eluded the Blues for 12 years.

17:25 – Galthié: “We savor”

“We are enjoying a match that we prepared with great care and where the players fought an extraordinary battle. There was a lot of intensity and commitment. Where we were very good was on the transition phases and the defense feeds the attack”, explained to France Television Fabien Galthié. The coach of the XV of France insisted on the fact that they were going to taste this great success in Scotland before looking into the continuation of the 6 Nations Tournament and the trip to Cardiff on March 11th.

5:20 p.m. – Dupont: “Enormously satisfied”

“There is a lot of satisfaction to be drawn from this match. We made a good start and then we gave them gift points but we did not panic. Even during the weak weather, we remained united and it paid off. end”, said Antoine Dupont after the demonstration of the Blues at Murrayfield. The French scrum-half was named best player of the match.

17:17 – A rare offensive performance

If France had not beaten Scotland at Murrayfield in the 6 Nations Tournament for 8 years, it had been even longer since they had delivered such an offensive demonstration here. You have to go back to 2004 to find traces of a XV of France scoring at least 30 points in the Scottish temple (31-0).

5:15 p.m. – Baille: “A big game”

“It was a big game with a lot of commitment. We wanted to make a good comeback from half-time when we had lost a bit against Ireland. There, we were able to stay on our bases and score quickly.

17:09 – A first since 2014

The French team had not beaten Scotland at Murrayfield as part of the 6 Nations Tournament for almost eight years. The last blue success in the Scottish temple was on March 8, 2014.

17:07 – France demolishes Scotland

Thanks to a second period of fire, the French team signs a third victory in a row in the 6 Nations Tournament and consolidates its status as favorite for the title in the competition (36-17). With a cold and clinical realism in the first period, the Blues then rolled out, suffocating the Scots without a solution, or responding to the opposing defensive intensity, their sticky 6 tries.

17:06 – Van der Merwe for form

On a raise ball, Kinghorn finds a gap between Mauvaka and Ntamack in the blue line and passes. He finds the support inside Van der Merwe who will conclude in the French in-goal. The Scottish try is transformed by Hogg just before the siren (17-36).

17:03 – Dupont is out

Just before Penaud’s try, Dupont had left his partners in the 74th minute, replaced by Maxime Lucu.

17:02 – Eight years of waiting

France has not won at Murrayfield in the Six Nations Tournament since March 8, 2014. Almost 8 years ago, the French, borrowed and clumsy, had suffered and had to wait until the very last moments to win thanks to a penalty from Doussain (19-17).

16:59 – The double for Penaud

France delivers a real recital in this second period against Scotland. Within 22 meters of the premises, the French forwards progress and bring out the ball less than 10 meters from the in-goal, on the left side. Lucu comes out. The ball arrives at Ntamack who raises his head and sends a perfect cross in the back of the British defense mounted in point. Penaud, alone, concludes and signs his second try of the day with only 5 minutes left to play (10-36). The transformation is not successful afterwards.

16:56 – Jaminet gives up his place

Seventh change for the French team, this time with the release of Jaminet, who was not very successful on foot, for Thomas Ramos.

16:56 – The Scots split

The last ten minutes will be long for the Scots. Turner misses his throw and doesn’t throw it straight. France recover a scrum on the 22-meter line of the premises.

16:53 – Van der Merwe devoured on the ground

Van der Merwe tries to get his team out of its 22 meters and enters its race but it is put on the ground by Flament before Alldritt comes to lock him up on the ground. France recovers a penalty that Ntamack will play in touch.



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