Scotland v France Six Nations Rugby

Scotland v France Betting Preview

Scotland host France at Murrayfield on Sunday 26th February and they will be looking to turnaround their recent results against the French. Scotland have lost seven of the last eight Six Nations matches against France and have lost each of the last five, with bookmakers seeing the French as odds favourites for this match. Scotland have lost their opening two matches of the 2012 tournament and they have it all to do against France, who are tipped for the title, although the French have only played one match so far after their fixture with Ireland was postponed due to a frozen pitch last time.

France | Scotland

Scotland and France 6 Nations Odds

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Scotland v France Teams

Scotland: Stuart Hogg, Rory Lamont, Lee Jones, Sean Lamont, Graeme Morrison, Greig Laidlaw, Mike Blair, Allan Jacobsen, Ross Ford (captain), Geoff Cross, Richie Gray, Jim Hamilton, John Barclay, Ross Rennie, David Denton.

Replacements: Scott Lawson, Ed Kalman, Alastair Kellock, Richie Vernon, Chris Cusiter, Duncan Weir, Nick De Luca.

France: Maxime Medard, Vincent Clerc, Aurelien Rougerie, Wesley Fofana, Julien Malzieu, Francois Trinh-Duc, Morgan Parra, Louis Picamoles, Imanol Harinordoquy, Thierry Dusautoir (captain), Yoann Maestri, Pascal Pape, Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Jean-Baptiste Poux.

Replacements: William Servat, Vincent Debaty, Lionel Nallet, Julien Bonnaire, Julien Dupuy, Lionel Beauxis, Maxime Mermoz.

Previous Meetings

Last Year: Scotland 17 - 23 France, Sunday 26th March 2012 at Murrayfield

As in their previous two matches of 2012, Scotland pushed the opportunity hard but eventually fell short as they suffered a third consecutive defeat in the tournament. Scotland had started brightly against France as Stuart Hogg scored an early try before Wesley Fofana replied for the French to leave the scores level at 10 apiece going into half-time. Scotland again started quickly as Lee Jones crossed the tryline but France's Maxime Medard notched a try and Lionel Beauxis made sure with a drop goal. The match was marred by a suspected broken leg suffered by Scotland's Rory Lamont.

The previous Six Nations results between the teams were as follows:

Year	Home	Score	Away
2011	France	34-21	Scotland
2010	Scotland	9-18	France
2009	France	22-13	Scotland
2008	Scotland	6-26	France
2007	France	46-19	Scotland
2006	Scotland	20-16	France
2005	France	16-9	Scotland
2004	Scotland	0-31	France