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Full time21 February 1998
Scotland
16–51
France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

France won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Craig Chalmers2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers5–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers8–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers11–0
  5. –TScotland try · Tony Stanger16–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison16–2
  7. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison16–4
  8. –CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede16–6
  9. –CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede16–8
  10. –CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede16–10
  11. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison16–13
  12. –PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede16–16
  13. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles16–21
  14. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles16–26
  15. –TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede16–31
  16. –TFrance try · Philippe Carbonneau16–36
  17. –TFrance try · Christian Califano16–41
  18. –TFrance try · Olivier Brouzet16–46
  19. –TFrance try · Marc Lievremont16–51

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Damian CroninSecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Simon HolmesFlanker
  8. 8Peter WaltonNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Gregor TownsendCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Derrick LeeFull-back
  16. 16Rowan ShepherdBench
  17. 17Shaun LongstaffBench
  18. 18Andy NicolBench
  19. 19Adam RoxburghBench
  20. 20Stuart GrimesBench
  21. 21George GrahamBench
  22. 22Graham EllisBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Marc LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Fabien GalthiéBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Xavier GarbajosaBench
  19. 19Philippe BenettonBench
  20. 20Thierry CledaBench
  21. 21Cedric SouletteBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

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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.