France vs Scotland, Fri 26th March 8pm Irish time

thomond2006

France:
15 Brice Dulin, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Arthur Vincent, 11 Gael Fickou, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont,
8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Swan Rebbadj, 4 Bernard le Roux, 3 Mohamed Haouas, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille

Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Dylan Cretin, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Anthony Bouthier, 23 Teddy Thomas

Scotland:
15 Stuart Hogg (c), 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price,
8 Nick Haining, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Rory Sutherland

Replacements: 16 David Cherry, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Huw Jones

fonecrusher1

Looking forward to this.

Bonus point and at least a 21 point margin of victory needed for France to grab the title - I'm just not seeing it. Scotland looking to finish on a high too.

Squidgy Black

Scotland having Hastings on the bench could potentially be a curse for the French if Russell comes off early, will make it a lot harder for them compared to a vintage Russell flop in the dying minutes.

sydthebeat

Hastings warming up before entering the field......

randomname2005

Both teams want to win, Scotland probably don't care how, France by a big margin, should be a great contest.

RugbyLover123

I reckon the French will get the 21 point margin.

fryup

i hope so too have a bet on them

molloyjh

I think 21 points is a big ask. I reckon France will win by between 15 and 20 points.

thomond2006

France can easily run up a score but can they play for 80 minutes? A cheap try or two for Scotland could kill them.

swiwi_

France. Ntamack to channel his DC Lions 2001 and MOTM.

Buer

swiwi_ wrote: »

France. Ntamack to channel his DC Lions 2001 and MOTM.

If it was 2005, he'd be a whole lot better!

Burkie1203

raining heavily in Paris right now

Larbre34

The older Rafa Ibanez gets, the more he reminds me of Richard Burton.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

i hope so too have a bet on them

I took the HT and FT & an 11point handicap

molloyjh

thomond2006 wrote: »

France can easily run up a score but can they play for 80 minutes? A cheap try or two for Scotland could kill them.

They played 80 last week. The short turnaround could impact that though.

stephen_n

France to win by between 10-15 points I’d say.

namloc1980

Scottish anthem is nothing without a crowd belting it out in Murrayfield/Hamden Park.

molloyjh

The weather could throw a real spanner in the works.

razorblunt

namloc1980 wrote: »

Scottish anthem is nothing without a crowd belting it out in Murrayfield/Hamden Park.

Nice of them to record one of those crowds shouting “bastards” so all the same.

molloyjh

Someone has told the French that they need tries, right?

giveitholly

What channel is it on?

irelandrover

molloyjh wrote: »

Someone has told the French that they need tries, right?

They also need points. Build a lead against the Scots and then the tries will come

Cooled

Mental decision

randomname2005

giveitholly wrote: »

What channel is it on?

Virgin media 2

thomond2006

irelandrover wrote: »

They also need points. Build a lead against the Scots and then the tries will come

In that weather, they may not get so many opportunities.

randomname2005

irelandrover wrote: »

They also need points. Build a lead against the Scots and then the tries will come

Agree, need to get a lead and then run riot

dublinman1990

The added element of rain coming down on the pitch tonight may change things to maybe make it a level playing field among both teams. I think there was rain involved with the last 2020 6N game between France & Ireland with France winning that game because they were the stronger team on the night. I think France will still win this game against Scotland. They are doing their job well with that great scrum near the posts & getting the 3 points. I think it will be a great result for the French if they buckle down getting the points for winning the championship.

dublinman1990

randomname2005 wrote: »

Virgin media 2

And BBC 1.

randomname2005

Disappointed in the French lineout, though they would have done a job like we did

razorblunt

Fickou already up for it.
Thought Alldritt legitmately had hands on ball.

larko

Does anyone know who is the french guy is on the bbc commentary?

Dont know what that penalty was for, player was legally over the ball - wasn't the tackler.

dublinman1990

Scotland have try #1.

sydthebeat

Never a try

razorblunt

Double movement surely.

fitz

Think that's a clear double movement, no?

randomname2005

Try looked like a double movement, looked like he reached out before the try. Hmm need a new system that will let me do my own slow motion

razorblunt

Good job this is drawing to a close tonight, the officials and TMOs have not had a good tournament.

Bridge93

Not even playing and the decisions go wales’ way

dublinman1990

The camera angle does appear to indicate a double movement. But it wasn't clear on the last replay.

touts

Wayne "Best Ref in the world" Barnes.

He's just making up the rules as he goes along at this point.

razorblunt

larko wrote: »

Does anyone know who is the french guy is on the bbc commentary?

Benjamin Kayser.

Beechwoodspark

Good from Russell

Now Scots have a penalty

randomname2005

On the body nowhere near the ball.
Given for squeeze ball but have seen tons of them not given this tournament

Beechwoodspark

Murray should try that every so often for ireland

Was that not a knock on at the scrum, dropped the ball on top ?

OldRio

Barnes and the French? I wonder.

Squidgy Black

Scottish player never got close to getting his hands on the ball, French player had barely hit the deck before he poached on the body.

jammiedodgers

Some kick

ednwireland

did I hear right if scotland win with bonus point they finish 2nd ?

Is he not the tackler there - complete opposite decision to a few minutes ago that was a penalty.