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Fabien Galthie’s side had won their first 3 games of the Six Countries however a first-half red card for Mohamed Haouas let Scotland seize control.
France are now 2nd in the champion and even a bonus-point win over Ireland in Paris next weekend may not seal the title with England still to face Italy.
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‘ Murrayfield revels at relentless Scots’
Chasing the fourth leg of a Grand Slam, France were fulfilled with Scottish belligerence from the get-go, their day beginning severely and getting progressively worse from that point.
France had Francois Cros binned early for dumping Gilchrist on his head in the take on, with Paul Willemse possibly getting off lightly for he was on the scene too. And while Cros was away for his 10 minutes – and there was a case for it being a red card – Scotland hit the front.
The visitors’ scrum has actually been one of their few locations of weak point on their road to Murrayfield this season and now it injured them once again. The Scots have actually been reborn because department. When France collapsed, Hasting