Six Nations 2017: France 22-16 Scotland - Les Bleus hold on for first win
Rugby NewsSunday, 12 February 2017 at 14:47
Camille Lopez scored 17 points from tee to seal France's win
Hosts led 13-11 at break with Stuart Hogg and Gael Fickou touching down
Tim Swinson put the Scots ahead but Lopez kicked France to victory
France got their campaign back on track when they secured a hard-fought 22-16 win over Scotland in Paris on Friday.
Stuart Hogg's 15th Test try on his 50th cap gave the Scots an early lead but Gael Fickou's try put France 13-5 clear.
Fly-half Finn Russell, taking over kicking duties from the injured Greig Laidlaw, slotted two penalties to reduce the deficit to just two points heading into halftime, 13-11.
Tim Swinson's try regained the lead for the injury-hit visitors after the restart before Camille Lopez's third penalty levelled the scores at 16-16.
France centre Remi Lamerat was then unlucky to have a try ruled out, but two late Lopez kicks sealed victory, ending a run of four consecutive Six Nations defeats.
France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Rémi Lamerat, 12 Gaël Fickou, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Kévin Gourdon, 6 Loann Goujon, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Xavier Chiocci, 19 Julian Le Devedec, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Jean-Marc Doussain, 23 Yoann Huget
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw(c), 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 John Barclay, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Allan Dell
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 John Hardie, 21 Ali Price, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Mark Bennett
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