Here’s Michael Aylwin’s report from a scintilating game. I particularly love this opening line: “Another breathless, brilliant encounter to ridicule the idea that rugby was somehow better in the old days”.
With that I’ll bid you all adieu. Thanks so much for keeping me company. How good was that? Til the next one. Au revoir!
Here’s Shaun Edwards, France’s defence coach:
[Scotland] dominated territory and they dominated possession. They seemed to be attacking in our 22 for a lot of the game. They’re got creative halfbacks and big carriers up front. We’re happy to have got the bonus point.
[On the read card] It didn’t really affect both teams that much.
I thought our kicking game was better than last week. This week we were a lot more disciplined which helped us.
Gael Fickou for me is a world class player. He’s one of the best centres in the world.
We’ll have a beer because it’s been a tough couple of weeks.
