Match Day Programme: Scotland vs. France Summer Nations Series

Six Nations encounter that took place earlier this year betwen France and Scotland featured two red cards inside the first 12 minutes; only three red cards had been issued in the previous 99 meetings between these teams. Scotland’s Grant Gilchrist was the first to receive his marching orders from Nika Amashukeli for a high tackle after nine minutes before France's Mohamed Haouas was sent off not long after for making contact with the head of Ben White while clearing out a ruck. If anything we are in for a titanic clash. Thank you for joining us, this is Ultimate Rugby Match Day!

Fixture: Scotland vs. France

Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland

Kickoff Time: 14:15 (GMT)

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe

Head-to-head Played:

Played: 100

Scotland Wins: 39

France Wins: 38

Draws: 3

Points for:

Scotland: 1,288 

France: 1531

Biggest winning margin:

Scotland: 28 (13 August, 1912)

France: 42 (25 October, 2003)

Last Meeting: 26 February 2023 - France 32-21 Scotland, Stade de France, Saint-Denis.

2023 Six Nations Results

Scotland

W 23-29 (a) v England

W 35-7 (h) v Wales

L 32-21 (a) France

L 7-22 (h) v Ireland

W 26-14 (h) v Italy

France

L 23-29 (h) v France

W 31-14 (h) v Italy

W 10-20 (a) v Scotland

L 10-53 (h) v France

L 29-16 (a) v Ireland

Team News:

Scotland: Keiron Assiratti (tighthead prop), Corey Domachowski (loosehead prop) and Max Llewellyn (centre) are all selected in the starting XV for their first senior Scotland caps. Henry Thomas and Taine Plumtree, named among the replacements, are also in line to make their senior Scotland debuts this weekend.

France: Loosehead prop Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears) will captain France in today’s Summer Nations Series ahead of Rugby World Cup 2023 in France which starts in September. Alongside Genge, hooker Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons) joins tighthead prop Will Stuart (Bath Rugby) to complete the front row.

• Scotland won eight scrum penalties on own feed in the 2023 Six Nations, only England won more.

• Scotland had the best tackle success rate in the 2023 Six Nations (85 per cent) and only Ireland conceded fewer tries.

• Scotland have two more RWC 2023 warm-up fixtures after this – v France (away on 12 August and v Georgia (home) on 26 August.

• France have only lost one of their last 18 tests – 32-19 v Ireland in Dublin in the 2023 Six Nations.

• France enjoyed a year-long winning streak of 10 matches in 2022 and a record winning run of 14 matches all told from November 2021 to February 2023.

• In 2022, they won their first Six Nations and first Grand Slam for 12 years.

• The defeat to Ireland in Dublin this year was the only thing that stood between them and a successful defence, Les Bleus having to settle for the runners-up spot