TheBreakdown
Full time15 January 1972
Scotland
20–9
France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Scotland won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Arthur Brown2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown5–0
  3. –TScotland try · John Frame9–0
  4. –TScotland try · Jim Renwick13–0
  5. –TScotland try · Colin Telfer17–0
  6. –DScotland drop goal · Colin Telfer20–0
  7. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux20–2
  8. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux20–5
  9. –TFrance try · Benoit Dauga20–9

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
  8. 8Peter BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Ian McCraeScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11Alistair BiggarWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13John FrameCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Arthur BrownFull-back
  16. 16Arthur TurkBench
  17. 17Lewis DickBench
  18. 18Alan LawsonBench
  19. 19Quintin DunlopBench
  20. 20Robert BryceBench
  21. 21Wilson LauderBench

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean MartinProp
  4. 4Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
  7. 7Victor BoffelliFlanker
  8. 8Claude SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Michel AguirreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jack CantoniWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Claude DourtheBench
  17. 17Alain MarotBench
  18. 18Richard AstreBench
  19. 19Andre LubranoBench
  20. 20Jean-Claude RossignolBench
  21. 21Jean Claude SkrelaBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 41–61 France, 4 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
France going in

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.