TheBreakdown
Full time17 March 1979
France
21–17
Scotland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Roger Aguerre6–0
  3. –TFrance try · Christian Belascain10–0
  4. –TFrance try · Yves Malquier14–0
  5. –TFrance try · Yves Malquier18–0
  6. –DFrance drop goal · Roger Aguerre21–0
  7. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine21–2
  8. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine21–5
  9. –TScotland try · Andy Irvine21–9
  10. –TScotland try · Keith Robertson21–13
  11. –TScotland try · Gordon Dickson21–17

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois MarchalSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Yves MalquierNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Roger AguerreFly-half
  11. 11Frederic CostesWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Daniel DubrocaBench
  18. 18Roland PetrissansBench
  19. 19Yves LaffargeBench
  20. 20Michel DuffrancBench
  21. 21Alain CaussadeBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5David GraySecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
  8. 8Bill WatsonNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bill GammellBench
  17. 17Alistair CranstonBench
  18. 18Roy LaidlawBench
  19. 19Ken LawrieBench
  20. 20Jim AitkenBench
  21. 21Alistair McHargBench

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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.