What a game; here’s hoping for something as entertaining in Rome.Follow it with my colleague Dan Gallan hereHere is the full report from MurrayfieldVictorious captain, Sione Tuipulotu“Considering how this tournament started all I asked was the boys to believe, and we have put it right.I can’t thank the supporters enough for coming out to see us.We have a changing room that believes in each other; times were tough after the first round in Italy, but we’ve given ourselves a chance next week.Anything is possible, and we know the challenge Ireland is, and it makes for an awesome final week.

”Kyle Steyn in Player of the Match“We knew we couldn’t rest on the first half, we had to fire the first shot on the second.We had to stick to our guns, and not consolidate too much.I didn’t want us to celebrate too much even when we were ahead, we had to keep our feet on the ground.[Defence coach] Lee Radford worked really hard this week to get us working on stopping the French offloads, and it worked.”Take a breath everyone!What does this mean for the tournament? That late rally of tries from France meand both are on 16 championship points now, with Les Bleus boasting a far better points difference.

If France match the Scots’ result on Super Saturday they lift the (non-melted) trophy.PEEEEEP! A ridiculous, barely believable game comes to an end with an equally unbelievable scoreline.80 mins.France are still playing with the clock in the red and Jalibert breaks the line after some offloading.He passes inside to Ramos who canters over unopposed.

Conversion added,79 mins,A cynical act by the sub in the build up is punished,78 mins,Some lovely interplay in a 10 metre channel on the left eventually finds Jegou to ground in the corner.

Ramos converts77 mins,Nouchi, a disciplinary nightmare since coming on, is offside and Tuipulotu asks his number 10 to bring up the 50 and kill some clock time,He duly obliges,74 mins,The pressure tells eventually, Ramos hammering on a short angle close to the line is found by Serin.

He converts his own score.72 mins.France are having more of the ball, but four converted tries in eight minutes is beyond them even on a good day.And this ain’t a good day.71 mins.

France break from a scrum in the Scotland half, Jalibert aiming a diagonal grubber towards Attissogbe, but Graham covers across and grounds it in-goal.68 mins.Flament nicks a Scotland lineout in the French half and they start to move the ball, working up to halfway with an Attissogbe run.They come back to the left and enter the Scots’ half, Bielle-Biarrey attempting a trademark chip and chase that slices off his left foot and into touch.Sums France up that even that particular banker of a skill isn’t working today.

66 mins.Jalibert drifts across the line with the ball in hand and the Scotland defenders are a little slow on the drift, which creates an overlap out wide for Attissogbe to run into.He moves the ball inside to Dupont in support who has enough legs to reach the line with Steyn in pursuit and making a tackle.Ramos converts.Steyn was injured in the tackle attempt and is off to a standing ovation; he’s been magnificent.

62 mins.A simple big run by Jordan is found by Tuipulotu and he crashes over close to the right goalpost.Another two points from Russell and the record scoreline continues to increase.61 mins.Oh dear, France are completely falling apart.

Dupont fields a Russell kick in-goal, and instead of grounding it under pressure instead attempts to fling it 20 metres left to Bielle-Biarrey, but is goes forward! Scotland scrum five is coming.59 mins.The action to collapse the maul was cynical as you like and he’s given 10 minutes to reflect on it.58 mins.Another lineout maul has France in trouble and Nouchi collapses it.

The penalty advantage is given, so Russell calls for the ball to move it to Kinghorn in the 13 channel who offloads out of the tackle to Graham to break a tackle and slalom over.Russell adds two, and this is officially a complete pasting.57 mins.Scotland have taken a long term lease in the French half, repeating a pattern of strong and fast tempo carries and recycling that gets them in behind; and when the possession returns to France the visitors have very little to offer other than motion with no action.55 mins.

France are back on their own 22 and trying to play out but there’s not much on so Jalibert chips and runs after his own kick.He’s in acres of space but the bounce is cruel, sending it back over his head and to Dempsey to tidy up.Scotland find Kinghorn in space on the 22, but his attempt to find Graham on the wing is wild and into touch.51 mins.Jalibert is back on and is trying to make something happen with a run to the right.

The trouble is the only thing that happens next is Dupont flaps a flabby pass that Steyn intercepts and gallops 50 metres to score, leaving a retreating Moefana in his wake.It’s all happening here!Russell converts it.48 mins.More aimless flinging by France with not much result, and this is made worse by Meafou clearing out a Scotland player about three nautical miles behind the ruck.Meafou is an obvious presence on a field and that was an even more obviously stupid penalty.

46 mins.France start emptying their bench as Galthie attempts to stem the unfolding nightmare before him.They have started chucking the ball about a bit, but the timing remains off and Scotland contain it on halfway.44 mins.It was in kickable range, but Scotland only have eyes for the corner and the lineout.

The catch and drive is executed with precision and France give away a penalty for obstruction in the ruck, but Scotland continue to play on the advantage and it takes only three more phases for White to dart from the base of the ruck from 5 metres,The defence from France was very lazy, but Scotland have made them that way,They are shellshocked,Russell converts,42 mins.

Cummings puts Dupont under pressure as he attempts to boot it to touch and is rewarded by the French captain not making much ground,The home side are back on the attack and as confident as they were in the first half, moving it right then left before Tuipulotu is taken high,More French indiscipline, another Scotland penalty coming,A huge second forty has commenced,“Great half from Scotland.

” says Ben-Rus on Bluesky.“The scoreline is flattering to France, Scotland have spent two weeks on the training pitch and have nullified most of France’s weapons.”Well, there was always a chance that a side finally getting at France would have them wobbling, and credit to Scotland that is what they have done.There has been nothing earth shattering about the play, but instead a focus on high pace and direct running, with a functioning set piece thrown in.France’s tournament long tactic of not putting people into the breakdown is allowing Scotland the pace in the attack they need, and Les Bleus are paying the price.

For their part, France’s attack hasn’t bothered offloading at all, as they focus more on a kicking strategy to little avail.This will change very quickly in the second half, I expect.40 mins.It’s Scotland’s turn to infringe at the scrum, Schoeman driving upwards instead of level.Dupont decides that’s enough for this half, so taps and kicks the ball out.

39 mins.Scotland are on the ball again and near the French 22 once more.They move it right towards Graham’s wing and there’s a tiny overlap that they cannot exploit as the ball goes behind the runners.Graham regathers, but the momentum is lost and a knock-on follows from the little winger.36 mins.

A scrum in the Scottish half takes a little while to complete, and when it does Scotland win a penalty by forcing the French front row to pop up.The French 10 pays the price for being the latest one pinged of the recent repeated infringements in the build up to the try.32 mins.Tuipulotu tell Russell to out the penalty into the corner, and from the lineout Scotland put on a regulation maul for a five metre gain in the 22 before the backs have a go.Russell races up to the line and is inches short and still in possession; so the phases and carries come again with another advantage for offside being played, which they don’t need as Schoeman forces over.

Russell converts.30 mins.This is the first time the French defence have been tested consistently and they are not coping well.Scotland do nothing more than put the ball through hands and recycle at pace and Les Bleus are infringing all over the place as they scramble against an attacking dynamism they are not used to.26 mins.

A delightful try this.From the catch and drive at the lineout, Turner breaks right like a scrum-half running with the ball.He throws a switch pass to Stern, who is off his wing like a bullet train to sprint a diagonal line back against the defensive drift and into the left corner.A really clever moveRussell misses the extras25 mins.That dispiriting few minutes has not dampened Scotland’s commitment as they immediately come back hard in the middle of the park.

This pressure forces some poor discipline in defence from France, and the home side have a lineout in the 22.22 mins.From the lineout the ball moves towards the left wing via a grubber kick.Bielle-Biarrey carresses it with his left foot, first touch like a gorgeous soccer through ball, for Attissogbe to run onto and ground in-goal.Ramos again adds two more points.

20 mins.Jones takes the ball from lineout possession and kicks to touch, a decent option that is then ruined by Graham being penalised for being in on the wrong side of the maul.18 mins.Tuipulotu has the ball ripped off him in the tackle by Dupont, who decides now is the time to remind everyone he has the strength of ten bears.This happen on the Scottish 22 and the ball is flung quickly to Bielle-Biarrey who swan dives into the corner to ground it