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Full time18 January 1986
Scotland
18–17
France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

Scotland won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings9–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings12–0
  5. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings15–0
  6. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings18–0
  7. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte18–3
  8. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte18–6
  9. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella18–10
  10. –TFrance try · Pierre Berbizier18–14
  11. –DFrance drop goal · Guy Laporte18–17

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alister CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy Campbell-LamertonSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Scott HastingsCentre
  13. 13David JohnstonCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Norrie RowanBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18Derek WhiteBench
  19. 19Stuart JohnstonBench
  20. 20Doug WyllieBench
  21. 21Peter DodsBench

France

  1. 1Philippe MaroccoProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jacques GrattonFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Pierre ChadebechCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pascal OndartsBench
  18. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Guy RamonBench
  20. 20Eric BonnevalBench
  21. 21Marc SallefranqueBench

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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.