The French rugby team receives Scotland this Saturday at the Stade de France and has a card to win the 6 nations 2025 tournament for the first time since 2022 despite the absence of their captain Antoine Dupont. Follow the match live.
21:11 – Two faults (10 ‘)
Let’s go in all directions on this sequence. The XV of the thistle loses the balloon on Avant. Bielle-Biarrey launches the counter but another in-before will cause the ball to lose in the XV of France.
21:08 – Russell covers (7 ‘)
Ramos is missing his kick towards sheepishly who fights, despite everything, to transmit to Moefana. The latter places a little kick towards the opposing in-goal but Russell covers well.
21:07 – The counter D’Alldritt (6 ‘)
Alldritt was not far from recovering the ball in this against 22 Scottish meters.
21:05 – France opens the scoring! (4 ‘)
Thomas Ramos is already shining in this France – Scotland and transforms a first penalty this evening. It approaches the record for the number of points in the Blues jersey. He misses four to get ahead of Frédéric Michalak.
21:04 – penalized Scotland (4 ‘)
French pressure is bearing fruit in this beginning of France – Scotland. The thistle XV is penalized and Ramos can open the scoring.
21:04 – A touch that changes hands (3 ‘)
The Blues put a good pressure on touch and in turn benefit from a touch in the Scottish camp from the first moments of this France – Scotland.
21:02 – A first French possession (1 ‘)
The kick -off was given by the Blues to the Scottish camp. The players of Fabien Garthié quickly recovered the mastery of the ball.
21:01 – Let’s go!
The kick -off of this France – Scotland is finally given! The Blues are targeting the coronation in this 2025 nations tournament. A success would allow Tricolores to find the way to a title for the first time since 2022.
20:56 – An atmosphere of the big evenings!
The Stade de France is obviously complete for this France – Scotland. The atmosphere rises while the two nations have entered the lawn and will sing the national hymns. The Marseillaise will resonate very very very strong just after a beautiful fireworks.
20:49 – A breathtaking fortress?
Just to reassure yourself a little further this France – Scotland, it is good to remember that the Blues have been impregnable lately at the Stade de France. Their only defeat on the last 15 home matches was facing South Africa during the 2023 World Cup (28-29).
20:42 – A victory with the way
Before this France – Scotland, the Blues remained on a resounding victory on the lawn of Ireland. The XV of France corrected the Irish on the score of 42-27 and, at the same time, inflicted the heaviest defeat for 12 years in the XV of the clover in its stadium.
20:35 – Imitate the young generation
This France – Scotland already took place yesterday in the 6 nations 2025 Nations in the under 20s. The blueberries won in a spectacular meeting (45-40) and raised the trophy. The elders must therefore follow the same path tonight.
20:28 – The big hard blow Antoine Dupont
If the party could be beautiful this evening in this France – Scotland it will be, although it happens, slightly tarnished by the serious injury of Antoine Dupont who broke the crossed ligaments last week in Ireland. The Toulousain should be far from the field for six to nine months.
20:21 – The results of the day and the situation in the classification
This France – Scotland is the last match of this 2025 nations tournament. Before immersing itself, let’s take a point on the situation in the ranking while the other two matches of the day are over. At the beginning of the afternoon, Ireland beat Italy (22-17) while England crushed Wales (68-14). In the ranking, the Welshmen finish in the last place behind Italy. Ireland and England have passed in front of the Blues who need a success to resume first place and find the taste of the coronation.
20:14 – A black series
This France – Scotland could plunge Scotland into serious doubts about their ability to move to this 6 nations tournament. The thistle of thistle crosses a large vacuum outside with three trips in a row without success. It is its worst series since the 2016-2018 period.
20:07 – A mixed tournament for Scotland
For its part, before this France-Scotland, the XV of the thistle went through all its states in this 2025 nations tournament. The players of Gregor Townsend had started with a success against Italy (31-19) before chaining two defeats against Ireland (18-32) and England (15-16). Last week, on the other hand, they found the way to victory against Wales (35-29).
20:00 – The French locker room is ready
An hour before the kick -off of this France – Scotland, the outfits of the tricolor players are ready.
19:50 – also a collective record
Beyond individual records, the XV of France can also win a nice collective record in this 2025 nations tournament. It will be necessary, on the other hand, shine offensively since Sil les Bleus mark four trials in this France – Scotland, so they will break the record held by the English during their Grand Slam where the latter had marked 29 times in 2003.
19:40 – A bunch of individual records to get
This France – Scotland is special for many reasons. Beyond the title of the 6 nations tournament which reaches out to the players of Fabien Galkié, the latter have some records to go and seek to fill the individual list. Thomas Ramos can pick up Romain Michalak (436) at the number of points scored in blue. There is a shortage of 7 at the Toulouse back. For his part, Damian Penaud will try to overtake Serge Blanco by the number of tests marked with the French team. He flattened 38 balloons with the selection. And finally, Louis Bielle-Biarrey has already registered seven tests in this 2025 nations tournament and can match a record that dates from 1925 with eight tests registered in one and the same tournament.
19:30 – France is favorite
On paper, this France – Scotland is dominated by the Blues. The current form is obviously the main factor but it must also be remembered that the XV of France often excels in the face of that of the thistle. In direct confrontations, the French won 60 times against 40 defeats and three draws. In this 6 nations tournament, the Blues also have a serious ascendancy with 20 victories on the last 25 matches between the two nations.
19:20 – A first title since 2022?
This France – Scotland is decisive for the coronation. In the event of a victory, the Blues will be crowned and will win the 6 nations tournament for the first time since 2022. It would be a good accomplishment of recent years when France has established itself as one of the best nations of the globe.
19:10 – Team compositions
We already know the two teams aligned for this France – Scotland. On the French side, the absence of Dupont is palliated by that of Lucu at the opening. He will be associated with Ntamack. Fickou also appears in the blue 15. The starting XV of France: 15. Ramos; 14. Penaud, 13. Fickou, 12. Moefana, 11. Bielle-Biarrey; 10. Ntamack, 9. Lucu; 7. BOUDEHENT, 8. Alldritt (cap.), 6. CROS; 5. Guillard, 4. Flament; 3. ATONIO, 2. Mauvaka, 1. Big.
Opposite, Scotland will advance with Gregor Brown who celebrates his first tenure in this 6 nations tournament. The thistle XV is deprived of Jack Dempsey who is injured. The starting XV of Scotland: 15. Kinghorn, 14. Graham, 13. Jones, 12. Jordan, 11. Van der Merwe, 10. Russell (Cocap.), 9. White, 7. Darge (Cocap.), 8. M. Fagerson, 6. Ritchie, 5. Gilchrist, 4. Brown, 3. Z. Fagerson, 2. Cherry, 1. Schoeman.