Second Scottish comeback fails, DuPont rises
Summer Nations Series, France block Scotland and win 30:27, highlights
Gregor Townsend’s never-tamed Scotland nearly succeeded for the second time in flipping a game that the French seemed to have pretty much shut down.
A week ago she had been successful in the usual walls of Murrayfield, but this time at Geoffroy Guichard in Saint-Étienne she had to surrender to the French, led by the star-studded Dupont. 30 to 27 final score.
Chronicle of France and Scotland for the Summer Nations series.
The game started very well for XV Cardo, who was the first to crush the oval in goal, with Kyle Stein taking advantage of the pressure caused by French fouls and Russell’s foot. After a maul with an advantage, Blair Kinghorn takes up space and sends a smart ball towards the right flank, which goes to the corner flag.
Closing the gap from a free-kick for a hold thanks to a leg from Thomas Ramos, France are brought back into break distance by Finn Russell, who punishes with a ruck from the field.
In the 20th minute, France remembers that she is herself and begins to polish the game with the mind-blowing Antoine Dupont: in the 22nd minute there is room for Ramos to foul in a ruck, in the 27th minute Dupont works magic, entering the goal after played a quick shot and freed Villiers, but was unfairly stopped for (not) care of the field, the attempt was banned, but it was only a matter of time.
At 32 minutes, Dupont restarts from a scrimmage closed by his formidable timing and opens up for Romain Ntamak who just needs to take the outside hole and crash into the net, Ramos converting a 13-10 to close the first half, fortunately for Scotland.
In the second, the music doesn’t change, at least at the beginning: Dupont organizes two minutes of the game in the best way, perhaps, and opens the Red Sea for Damian Peno, who slips into the goal, two minutes later the number 9 plays quickly. Ramos and two playmakers find Charles Olivon’s feet for a try between the posts, 27:10. France almost scores another try with Peno and the match seems over.
Except that Scotland are an electrifying team that loves comebacks, and in the last 20 minutes when everything seemed to be lost, they make up for it: first Hugh Jones finds a gap in the defense, and then Van der Merwe scores when the French woke up, and thinks: no, not again …
But yes, because in the 68th minute Rory Darge scores a goal played quickly by Russell, in the 70th minute Villiers gets a try, and in the 73rd minute Stein scores a brace, picking up a perfect stump from George Horn, and the French defense continues its game. sleep. Russell misses the conversion and the score is incredibly equal to 27-27, whistles are heard from the stands.
However, in the 78th minute, France’s scramble takes over as the Scots front line collapses from the left under the weight of Wini Atonio and Ramos can only hit the post in the final 30-27, to the delight of manager Fabien Galtier.
Summer Nations Series, France – Scotland Highlights
Summer Nations Series, match report France – Scotland
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penot, 13 Gael Fico, 12 Jonathan Danti, 11 Gabin Villiers, 10 Romain Ntamac, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Gregory Aldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Paul Bodehent, 5 Thibaut Flament, 4 Cameron Vauki , 3 Dorian Aldegueri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Bai
Accessible: 16 Pierre Bourgari, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Huini Atonio, 19 Florian Veraguet, 20 Bastien Chaloureau, 21 Sekou Macalou, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Louis Biel-Biarré
Goals: Stein 5′, 73′, Van der Merwe 62′, Darge 68′
Transformations: Russell 6′, 69′
Penalty: Russell 11′
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Stein, 13 Hugh Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Doohan Van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Eli Price, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Grey, 3 WP Nel, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schuman
Accessible: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Sam Skinner, 21 Josh Bayliss, 22 George Horne, 23 Ollie Smith
Goals: Ntamak 32′, Peno 42′, Olivon 44′
Transformations: Ramos 33′, 43′, 45′
Free kicks: Ramos 8′, 22′, 79′
Yellow card: Price 29′
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