50-40: Points binge to turn Six Nations Tournament title upside down

A great selection of Scotland surprised and knocked down the French giant (50-40) who was left without the possibility of achieving the grand slama title awarded to the team that achieves full victories in all its matches, and which also left the local team equal on points with the Gauls at the top of the table.

France, current champion, reached Edinburgh with his sights set on the Grand Slam, and left no weapon on the bench to be able to defend himself against Scotland.

For his part. the pupils of Gregor Townsend They received the favorites for the trophy with a full house in Murrayfield and the hope of being able to fight the title against the French after their victories against England and Welsh.

It wasn’t just any crash; Scotland have won four of their last ten games against France and were looking to regain the Auld Alliance Trophyan award between France and Scotland, after the Gauls took it to their showcase last year in a match that ended 35-16.

Scotland did not give up against the current champions and began with an early try from their wing Dancy Graham in the fifth minute that, after several phases after a scrum, added the first five points for the locals.

Those of Fabien Galthié They did not take long to react and pulled the hierarchy to tie the game after a Scottish error at the start of their twenty-two line, and later went ahead after the surgical play of their three-quarter line that, with a low kick from Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Attisogbe would take advantage of to capture the ball and rehearse at will.

The Gauls’ advantage lasted only five minutes after Turner and Steyn They made a nice cross after the exit of a mole that the French defense did not see coming so that a few minutes later they took the lead on the scoreboard thanks to a great work by their forward in the rival line of five.

The game went to half-time with a 19-14 score in favor of the Scots, who made the static phases an oasis in their game and although they dominated the ball, the XV of the Rooster They did not stop generating danger when they had possession.

The French coach, Fabien Galthié, aware of his team’s shortcomings, rotated almost his entire forward but that only gave strength to his rival.

The Caledonian team returned to the field stepping on the accelerator and was Ben White the one who was in charge of scoring five more points for Scotland thanks to a good escape.

The final blow to France would come from the hand of Antoine Dupontwho was not fine on the day. The Frenchman would fail in his pass, which would be intercepted by Steyn and would increase the difference on the scoreboard after a great run.

Those of Cardo would get bigger and thanks to their three-quarter line, two more scores would be added in just ten minutes against an unrecognizable and chaotic France in defense, leaving the game at 47-17 halfway through the second half.

Dupont would stabilize the match with a try in the 66th minute, and would be followed by another try from Thomas Ramos in the 74th minute. Faced with the French push, Russell would be in charge of calming the French attempts to get a bonus point and converted a penalty blow.

Already at the bell, Jegou and Ramos would cross the opposing goal line on two occasions and make up a result that could have left France in evidence after the level shown in previous matches.

The match would conclude with the final 50-40 and leaves Scotland tied on points in first place in addition to recovering the Auld Alliance Trophy, but sends France to the last day in Paris depending on itself to lift the Six Nations again against England.

France (16 points), Scotland (16) and Ireland (14) will reach the 5th and final matchday next Saturday with a chance to win the title: Ireland-Scotland, Wales-Italy and France-England will be the last three matches of the 2026 edition.