France came through an enormous scare to beat Italy in their Six Nations opener in Rome.
The defending champions were expected to brush serial Wooden Spoon winners Italy aside but were met with determined resistance from the Azzuri.
France got themselves on the scoresheet early on thanks to a Thibault Flament try following an Italian error. Thomas Ramos converted to give France a 0-7 lead. Tommaso Allan booted over a penalty to reduce the arrears before Ramos then inflicted further damage by scoring a try of his own although this time he missed the conversion.
