Six Nations 2026: Scotland 50-40 France – Rampant Scots dash French Grand Slam dreams

What came next was otherworldly – ​​Scotland’s best performance in Six Nations history. They tore France apart with their speed and intelligence. And yes, their physique and physique too.

Townsend freshened things up just before half-time when he brought on Zander Fagerson for D’Arcy Ray, who produced a brilliant turnaround.

Immediately after the break, Scotland were screaming for a bonus points try. surprising. White’s opportunism on the side of the scrimmage did it, as the half party was too fast, too sharp and too lethal for the French cover.

With the extras, Scotland were 10 points ahead.

Eight minutes later, Steyn got his second, as Scotland outplayed France with their desire to play at breakneck speed. They created space wide and Steyn broke away from Joram Moivana to shoot from 45 metres.

Murrayfield wiped his eyes in disbelief. France wiped away the tears.

Nine minutes later, the dizzying flow of one-way traffic continued when Scotland passed an easy three-pointer close to the posts and went for a touch instead. They nailed it like they nailed everything else.

The ball went out to Blair Kinghorn, who drew the French defenders to him before threading a pass to Graham, who raced off. Make the conversion 40-14.

Lenny Nucci quickly received a second yellow card for France, and the score was 47-14.

It boggles the mind at the systematic extermination that Scotland was carrying out. Away from the crowd, flamboyant skipper Tuipulotu drove the ball and found Jordan who slotted home the goals. Seven attempts and an overwhelming result. All in 63 minutes.

Dupont ran for a consolation score that large numbers of French fans could not cheer. Ramos added another point for a bonus point and Oscar Jejo got another while Josh Bayliss was in the bin. Just crumbs.

They may still be able to win the title next weekend, but the Grand Slam is over, robbed of an exceptionally strong performance from the title-chasing Scots.

To Dublin on the final day, then, with more momentum than Scotland has ever had in the history of this tournament.