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Full time13 January 1973
France
16–13
Scotland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

France won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu9–0
  4. –TFrance try · Claude Dourthe13–0
  5. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Pierre Romeu16–0
  6. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown16–3
  7. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown16–6
  8. –TScotland try · Alan Lawson16–10
  9. –DScotland drop goal · Ian McGeechan16–13

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Andre LubranoHooker
  3. 3Jean IracabalProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Alain EsteveSecond row
  6. 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  8. 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Roger BourgarelWing
  12. 12Jean TrilloCentre
  13. 13Claude DourtheCentre
  14. 14Jean-Pierre LuxWing
  15. 15Jack CantoniFull-back
  16. 17Jean-Louis AzareteBench
  17. 18Michel YachviliBench
  18. 19Marcel PugetBench
  19. 20Roland BertranneBench
  20. 21Jo MasoBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Ronald WrightSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Wilson LauderFlanker
  8. 8Peter BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Ian McGeechanFly-half
  11. 11David SheddenWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13Ian ForsythCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Arthur TurkBench
  17. 17Alistair CranstonBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Duncan MadsenBench
  20. 20Robert BryceBench
  21. 21Gordon StrachanBench

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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

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.