Scotland vs France

Fishooks12 · 26-02-2012 1:58pm #1

Soctland: S Hogg (Glasgow Warriors); R Lamont (Glasgow Warriors), S Lamont (Scarlets), G Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), L Jones (Edinburgh); G Laidlaw (Edinburgh), M Blair (Edinburgh); A Jacobsen (Edinburgh), R Ford (capt, Edinburgh), G Cross (Edinburgh), R Gray (Glasgow Warriors), J Hamilton (Gloucester), J Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), R Rennie (Edinburgh), D Denton (Edinburgh).

Replacements: S Lawson (Gloucester), E Kalman (Glasgow Warriors), A Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), R Vernon (Sale Sharks), C Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors), D Weir (Glasgow Warriors), N De Luca (Edinburgh).

France: M Medard (Toulouse); V Clerc (Toulouse), A Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), J Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne); J-B Poux (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), N Mas (Perpignan), P Pape (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), T Dusautoir (Toulouse, capt), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), L Picamoles (Toulouse).

Replacements: W Servat (Toulouse), V Debaty (Clermont Auvergne), L Nallet (Racing Metro), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), J Dupuy (Stade Francais) L Beauxis (Toulouse), M Mermoz (Perpignan).

Should be interesting to see how Scotland fair today with their new younger prospects. Still think It will be a French victory but not by much

irishbucsfan · 26-02-2012 2:04pm

While I think this is a much improved Scottish team I think France are far far too strong for them. Sa-ndre is bringing a far more structured approach to the game and I think that is a good thing.

I think it'll be a comfortable win for France.

RoundBox11 · 26-02-2012 3:33pm

I'd like to see Scotland go with Duncan Weir at some point. Maybe against Italy.

I can't see Laidlaw as a long term option, he's a scrum half let him play there. Coaches seem to be following this Lievremont trend after the Parra thing (which was stupid imo).