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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal · 25 October 2003Head-to-head
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France won by 42 points.Half-time 19–6 · Tries 5–0

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA839
SCO8023
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/44/42
SCO0/03/30
← Scotland attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
35′FranceTry, Serge Betsen, converted14–3
51′FranceTry, Imanol Harinordoquy, converted27–6
59′FranceTry, Frederic Michalak, converted34–9
61′FranceTry, Fabien Galthié41–9
82′FranceTry, Nicolas Brusque, converted49–9
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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35′Serge Betsen51′Imanol Harinordoquy59′Frederic Michalak61′Fabien Galthié82′Nicolas Brusque
FRA

Team stats

SCO
100%Possession0%
122Carries83
559Metres gained194
15Clean breaks2
23Defenders beaten9
132Passes112
10Offloads1
83Tackles made80
9Tackles missed23
59/63Rucks won57/62
20/22Lineouts won21/23
7/7Scrums won13/15
11/15Mauls won3/3
7Turnovers won9
9Penalties conceded13
38Kicks from hand40
1,089Kick metres1,199
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 4/4 · SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18Olivier BrouzetBench
  19. 19Patrick TabaccoBench
  20. 20Gérald MerceronBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Gavin KerrProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Stuart GrimesSecond row
  6. 6Jason WhiteFlanker
  7. 7Cammie MatherFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Andrew HendersonCentre
  13. 13Andy CraigCentre
  14. 14Chris PatersonWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Robbie RussellBench
  17. 17Bruce DouglasBench
  18. 18Nathan HinesBench
  19. 19Jon PetrieBench
  20. 20Mike BlairBench
  21. 21James McLarenBench
  22. 22Simon DanielliBench

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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

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