| FRANCE 27 | V | SCOTLAND 6 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship Updated 05.02.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Murrayfield | DATE: 2 February 2008 | SPECTATORS: 67,800 | |||||
| REFEREE: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | HALFTIME: 17-6 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Clerc (2), Malzieu | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Elissalde (2), Skrela | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Skrela | PENALTY GOALS: Parks | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Parks | ||||||
| 15 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | 15 | Rory Lamont (22) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 14 | Julien Malzieu | Clermont Auvergne | 14 | Nikki Walker | Neath Swansea Ospreys, Wales | ||
| 13 | David Marty | Perpignan | 13 | Nicholas De Luca | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 12 | Damien Traille | Biarritz Olympique | 12 | Andrew Henderson | Glasgow Warriors | ||
| 11 | Vincent Clerc (22) | Stade Toulousain | 11 | Simon Webster | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 10 | François Trinh-Duc (21) | Montpellier | 10 | Daniel Parks (21) | Glasgow Warriors | ||
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (20) | Stade Toulousain | 9 | Michael Blair (20) | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 8 | Elvis Vermeulen (19) | Clermont Auvergne | 8 | David Callum (19) | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 7 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | 7 | John Barclay | Glasgow Warriors | ||
| 6 | Fulgence Ouedraogo | Montpellier | 6 | Jason White (Capt.) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 5 | Loïc Jacquet (18) | Clermont Auvergne | 5 | James Hamilton (18) | Leicester Tigers, England | ||
| 4 | Lionel Nallet (Capt.) | Castres Olympique | 4 | Nathan Hines | Perpignan, France | ||
| 3 | Julien Brugnaut (16) | Dax | 3 | Euan Murray (17) | Northampton Saints, England | ||
| 2 | William Servat (17) | Stade Toulousain | 2 | Ross Ford (16) | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 1 | Lionel Faure | Sale Sharks, England | 1 | Allan Jacobson | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 16 | Nicolas Mas (3) | Perpignan | 16 | Fergos Thomson (2) | Glasgow Warriors | ||
| 17 | Dimitri Szarzewski (2) | Stade Français | 17 | Gavin Kerr (3) | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| 18 | Arnaud Mela (5) | Albi | 18 | Scott MacLeod (5) | Llanelli Scarlets, Wales | ||
| 19 | Julien Bonnaire (8) | Clermont Auvergne | 19 | Kelly Brown (8) | Glasgow Warriors | ||
| 20 | Morgan Parra (9) | Bourgoin | 20 | Christopher Cusiter (9) | Perpignan, France | ||
| 21 | David Skrela (10) | Stade Francais | 21 | Christopher Paterson (10) | Gloucester, England | ||
| 22 | Aurelien Rougerie (11) | Clermont Auvergne | 22 | Hugo Southwell (15) | Edinburgh Gunners | ||
| COACH: Marc Lièvremont | COACH: Frank Hadden | ||||||
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| MATCH NOTES | |||||||
| This was Marc Lièvremont's first test as coach of France. Trinh-Duc, making his test debut, was the first player of Vietnamese decent to play for France. Fulgence Ouedraogo was born in Burkino Faso. This was Lionel Nallet's first test as captain for France. Along with Trinh-Duc, Brugnaut, Malzieu, who scored a try, and Lionel Faure were also making their test debuts for France. | |||||||
| Elissalde passed 200 test points for France. | |||||||
| De Luca was making his test debut for Scotland. Henderson was playing in his 50th test for Scotland. It was also his birthday. | |||||||
| Sources | |||||||
| http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/scotland-6-france-27-clerc-holds-court-as-basic-errors-undermine-scots-777720.html?r=RSS | |||||||
| http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3560_3092053,00.html | |||||||
| http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3559_3091793,00.html | |||||||
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7222661.stm | |||||||