TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1997
France
47–20
Scotland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

France won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison2–0
  2. 1’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison4–0
  3. 1’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison6–0
  4. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison9–0
  5. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison12–0
  6. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison15–0
  7. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison18–0
  8. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison21–0
  9. 1’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison24–0
  10. 1’CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd24–2
  11. 1’CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd24–4
  12. 1’PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd24–7
  13. 1’PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd24–10
  14. 1’TScotland try · Alan Tait24–15
  15. 26’TFrance try · Abdelatif Benazzi29–15
  16. 32’TFrance try · Laurent Leflamand34–15
  17. 40’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Luc Sadourny37–15
  18. 41’TScotland try · Alan Tait37–20
  19. 69’TFrance try · Franck Tournaire42–20
  20. 75’TFrance try · Olivier Magne47–20

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Didier CasadeiProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Hugues MiorinSecond row
  5. 5Olivier MerleSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Guy AccoceberryScrum-half
  10. 10David AucagneFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Laurent LeflamandWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Ugo MolaBench
  17. 17Pierre BondouyBench
  18. 18Philippe CarbonneauBench
  19. 19Richard CastelBench
  20. 20Jean-Louis JordanaBench
  21. 21Marc de RougemontBench

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Graham EllisHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Andy ReedSecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Ian SmithFlanker
  8. 8Peter WaltonNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Gregor TownsendCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Rowan ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Iain GlasgowBench
  17. 17Duncan HodgeBench
  18. 18Gary ArmstrongBench
  19. 19Damian CroninBench
  20. 20Peter WrightBench
  21. 21Steve BrotherstoneBench

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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.