France 35-16 Scotland: Six Nations title sealed in Paris romp

France 35-16 Scotland: Six Nations title sealed in Paris romp

France defeated Scotland 35-16 in Paris to claim the Six Nations title in style on Saturday.

Les Bleus went into the contest knowing victory would be enough to secure the championship for the second time in the space of four years.

Ireland and England had both done their bit earlier, beating Italy and Wales respectively to apply some pressure to France, who cruised into a 10-0 lead early on.

Yoram Moefana crossed for the game's first try, with Thomas Ramos adding the extras, having already converted an early penalty.

However, France's momentum stalled when Peato Mauvaka was sin-binned for a high tackle on Ben White, with Finn Russell successful with a penalty.


Ramos restored France's 10-point advantage with another penalty soon after, becoming Les Bleus' all-time record points scorer in the process, but Scotland responded through Darcy Graham's converted try.

Mauvaka was cleared to return, though France were reduced to 14 again when Jean-Baptiste Gros was shown a yellow card.


But another successful Ramos penalty nudged France into the lead, and after Scotland's Tom Jordan saw a try disallowed on the stroke of half-time, the hosts did not look back.

Louis Bille-Biarrey, Ramos and Moefana went over to put France out of sight after the break.

Scotland pressed to get back into it, but their only points came from the boot of Russell as France got their hands on the trophy for a seventh time, matching England as the team with the most titles.

Data Debrief: Ramos and Bille-Biarrey into the record books

France might have been without injured captain Antoine Dupont, but two stars of this year's tournament stepped up to be counted in his absence.

Ramos is now his nation's record points scorer, having surpassed Frederic Michalak. He nailed three conversions, three penalties and finished with a try to his name, too.

Biellie-Biarrey, meanwhile, rounded out this edition of the Six Nations with eight tries, setting a new tournament record, clear of Jacob Stockdale's previous record haul, set in 2018.

In going over on Saturday, he became only the second French player to score in all five rounds of a campaign, after Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001.

Les Bleus have now won 21 of their last 26 matches against Scotland in the Six Nations, and have triumphed in each of their last seven fifth-round matches – that is the longest such run by any team in the competition's history.

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