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Match report: France 35-16 Scotland

The hosts first climbed onto the scoreboard, their metronomic full -back Thomas Ramos over a simple penalty after Scotland had illegally came through an attacking mouth (3: 0, 4 minutes).

No side could be accused of closely capturing things in the early minutes, with both Finn Russell and Romain Ntamack with different success against their flingers against the wing players.

Scotland made her first introduction to the French territory with a nine -phase round, but when the ball was excited Les Bleus.

France gradually began to make life out of her opponents, often through her sheer defensive work. After Jamie Ritchie crossed the deck, the same player pulled down the attacking line-out mouth in the next act and received a yellow card from referee Matthew Carley for his problems.

Another punishment followed, this time for Tom Jordan, who had come in at the side of a mouth, but a great Scottish defense kept her opponents at bay.

The problem was that France was territorially dominant and had to exist. When he returned to the XV, Gael Fickou stepped through the Scottish defense and invited to the center partner Yoram Moefana, who was good to convert with Ramos under the sticks (10-0, 19 minutes).

When Darcy Graham Bielle Biearrey put under heavy kick-chase printing, the young French star pounded quickly and then quickly like a flash, referee Carley gave quick penalties on both sides before the game was brought back for potential fouls-Hooker Peato Mauvaka was correctly judged to enthusiastically on the ground too enthusiastic. His yellow card fit well with Finn Russell, who hit the first points of Scotland up close (10-3, 21 minutes).

White was in the middle of it, this time at the other end, when he lay down to the Try line with a brilliant covering piece towards the man Maxime Lucu.

Scotland was soon away from the prevailing 5 m scrum and Ramos tended with the simplest punishments around the scoreboard.

Just as Mauvaka's yellow card was confirmed as a stay, Scotland met with a magical score. Huw Jones was found by Russell on the right wing with a beautiful Loop pass before they were transported through the middle. In the next phase, Russell dived an insider ball to Graham, whose finish simply looked, even if he 31st Because Scotland was anything but. Russell changed to bring the difference to three (13-10, 29 minutes).

Now it was Scotland that was the dominant force, her 14-member opponents on the ropes when the cacophony of Stade de France fell into a quieter murmur. At his first start of the championship, Gregor Brown was particularly impressive in a pack that felt the vulnerability in her hosts.

Jean-Baptiste Gros was the next to the sin tank after France gave no less than four punishments, all within the advantage time of the original foul when Russell scored the scores with another goal on the back (13-13, 36 minutes).

France stood the ship when Dave Cherry could not roll away quickly enough for the referee, and Ramos added his third punishment from right (16-13, 38 minutes).

There was enough time for Blair Kinghorn to gather and condemn in the French area with a trademark, and in the chaos of the withdrawing defense of France, Tom Jordan believed that he gave his side the lead just to show a check that Kinghorn had a view of the view.

Halftime: France 16-13 Scotland

Scotland began the second period with dedication, charged and snapped on the way to the French area, but it became spectacular when Russell's Inside Ball did not go to Graham and shoveled Ntamack. The patient situation almost went away before Bielle Biearrey brought in for the young wing player's set (23-13, 43 minutes).

France then enthusiastically his pack with the flood, which can afford a 7-1 layout, but Scotland was undisturbed in her own schedule, which was to attack at all costs. Russell went through half again before Graham was hired and another penalty for a Frenchman who now supported his body weight in a jerk. Scotland decided on the goal and Russell committed (23-16, 50 minutes).

France needed inspiration if you were to recognize your title ambitions and the sheer power of her pack made the hard farms before Ramos surprised his team's third attempt when the hour approached and his renovation for the maneuver to the home team (30-16, 57 minutes).

If that was one hand on the title, France got both gloves on it a few minutes later when Moefana switched from Bialle-Biary (35-16, 62 minutes) after a little more magic.

Duhan van der Merwe used a gap in the middle of the park to threaten the production of a typical outrageous endpoint, but his ball after Graham was easily threatened by a French team whose skills were almost overlooked in this department due to their attack genius.

Jamie Dobie, Ewan Asman and Ben Muncaster then tried to get over the line up close, but every time the champions chose, she had the presence to thwart.

France had a last attempt to crown his championship with a fifth attempt, but after a few phases, decided to get the ball out of the park in Paris at the end of a gripping evening and sunbathe in their six -nations celebrations of the Guinness men.

Full time: France 35-16 Scotland

France: Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, Gael Fickou, Yoram Moefana, Louis Bielle-Biarrey; Romain Ntamack, Maxime Lucu; Jean-Baptiste Gros, Peato Mauvaka, Uini Atonio, Thibaud Flament, Mickaël Guillard, François Cros, Paul Boudehent, Grégory Aldritt (captain).

Substitute: Julien Marchand, Cyril Baille, Dorian Aldegheri, Hugo Auradou, Emmanuel Meafou, Oscar Jégou, Anthony Jelonch, Nolann Le Garrec.

Scotland: Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby), Huw Jones, Tom Jordan (both Glasgow Warriors), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby); Finn Russell (Bath Rugby) (Co-captain), Ben White (Toulon); Pierre Schoeman, Dave Cherry (both Edinburgh Rugby), Zander Fageron, Gregor Brown (both Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist, Jamie Ritchie (both Edinburgh Rugby), Rory Detail (Co-Kapitän), Matt Fagerson (both Glasgow Warriors).

Substitute: Ewan Asman (Edinburgh Rugby) (for Cherry, 56 Mins), Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors) (for Schoeman, 66 Mins), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers), Ewan Johnson (Oyonnax) (for Gilchrist, 72 Mins), Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh RuGby) (for Brown, 56 Mins), Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh Rugby) (for Darge, 66 minutes), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors) (for White, 66 minutes), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors) (for Jones, 66 minutes),

Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

Assistant: Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU) and Eoghan Corss (Irfu)

Official television game: Marius van der Westhuizen (Saru)

Fair Play Review Officer: Ian Tempest (RFU)

Guinness player of the game: Yoram Moefana (France)

Participation: 80,000