TheBreakdown
Full time4 March 2000
Scotland
16–28
France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Six Nations 2000Head-to-head

France won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron0–2
  2. 12’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron0–4
  3. 12’TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede0–9
  4. 18’PScotland penalty · Kenny Logan3–9
  5. 22’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron3–12
  6. 32’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson6–12
  7. 41’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson9–12
  8. 43’CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson11–12
  9. 43’TScotland try · Andy Nicol16–12
  10. 43’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron16–15
  11. 68’TFrance try · Olivier Magne16–20
  12. 74’TFrance try · Olivier Magne16–25
  13. 78’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron16–28

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Steve BrotherstoneHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Martin LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Stuart ReidNumber 8
  9. 9Andy NicolScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12John LeslieCentre
  13. 13James McLarenCentre
  14. 14Glenn MetcalfeWing
  15. 15Chris PatersonFull-back
  16. 16Steve ScottBench
  17. 17David HiltonBench
  18. 18Stuart GrimesBench
  19. 19Cammie MatherBench
  20. 20Graeme BeveridgeBench
  21. 21Duncan HodgeBench
  22. 22Jamie MayerBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Jean DaudeSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Christophe LaussucqScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12David VendittiCentre
  13. 13Thomas LombardCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Thomas CastaignedeFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Pieter de VilliersBench
  18. 18Arnaud CostesBench
  19. 19Thomas LievremontBench
  20. 20Aubin HueberBench
  21. 21Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeBench
  22. 22Cedric DesbrosseBench

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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.