Full time16 January 1971
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head
France won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux2–0
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux4–0
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux7–0
- –TFrance try · Pierre Villepreux10–0
- –TFrance try · Jean Sillieres13–0
- –CScotland conversion · Peter Brown13–2
- –PScotland penalty · Ian Smith13–5
- –TScotland try · Billy Steele13–8
Line-ups
France
- 1Marc EtcheverryProp
- 2Renee BenesisHooker
- 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 4Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
- 5Jean Le DroffSecond row
- 6Gerard ViardFlanker
- 7Daniel DuboisFlanker
- 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
- 9Max BarrauScrum-half
- 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
- 11Jack CantoniWing
- 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
- 13Jean TrilloCentre
- 14Jean SillieresWing
- 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
- 16Alain MarotBench
- 17Michel PebeyreBench
- 18Andre QuilisBench
- 19J-C RosBench
- 20N DargelesBench
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Frank LaidlawHooker
- 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
- 4Alistair McHargSecond row
- 5Gordon BrownSecond row
- 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
- 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
- 8Peter BrownNumber 8
- 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
- 10John TurnerFly-half
- 11Billy SteeleWing
- 12Chris ReaCentre
- 13John FrameCentre
- 14Alistair BiggarWing
- 15Ian SmithFull-back
- Brian SimmersBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, France 61–41 Scotland, 4 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
France going in
Scotland going in
- Previous meeting: 10 January 1970, France 11–9 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 15 January 1972
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.