Match Facts
France have won 20 of their 25 previous clashes with Scotland in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations (L5), however four of their five defeats to them have come in their most recent nine encounters.
France sit top of the standings going into the final round of this year’s Guinness Men's Six Nations and will be aiming to win their second title in four years, after previously going 11 editions without winning the Championship; it would be their seventh Men's Six Nations title overall, the joint most alongside England.
France have won each of their last six Round 5 matches in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, the joint-longest such run by any team in the Championship’s history, alongside France themselves between 2002 and 2007 – each of their last five victories in that run have come on home soil.
Scotland have enjoyed just one victory in 12 visits to Paris in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, that win coming behind closed doors in 2021 when Duhan van der Merwe scored a try after the clock had gone red to steal an unlikely win.
Scotland have lost each of their last three away games in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, their worst run since a five game streak between 2016 and 2018; their defeats in this active run have all come by four points or fewer.
France have scored 26 tries in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations this year, their highest tally in an edition of the Championship; four more tries would see them set a record for any nation in the Championship, surpassing England’s tally of 29 in 2001.
Scotland (624) and France (541) have made the most carries of any sides in the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, with France having made more line breaks (39) than any other team this year and Scotland beating the most defenders (123).
France’s Louis Biellie-Biarrey has scored seven tries in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations this year, the joint most by any player in an edition of the tournament (also Jacob Stockdale in 2018); he has scored in every round of the Championship so far this year, only once before has a player scored in all five rounds of a campaign – France’s Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001.
Thomas Ramos has scored 430 points for France in his career and needs just seven more to surpass Frédéric Michalak (436) as Les Bleus’ top points scorer in Test rugby; he has scored at least seven points in each of his last 26 matches for France, averaging 15 per game during that run.
Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn has made 72 carries in the Championship this year, 22 more than the next best player (France’s Gregory Alldritt – 50) and more than any other Scotland player in an edition of the Men’s Six Nations; Kinghorn has made 467 metres over the gainline this year and needs 77 against France to surpass Mike Brown’s record for a single edition (543 in 2014).
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