France v Scotland: Women’s Six Nations – live

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77 min: This does not look good, the player (who still isn’t clear) looks as though they will be stretchered off. The crowd applaud, she is still receiving treatment.

77 min: France come away with it at the scrum, Vernier is good again with the offload. Scotland manage to win it back on the floor and then they win a breakdown penalty! Time is now off for an injury, unclear which Scotland player is down. It’s a head injury.

76 min: Bartlett is off for Young for Scotland. The restart for Scotland is bad, it doesn’t reach 10m and France opt for a scrum. Llorens has been named Player of the Match.

CONVERTED TRY! France 55-0 Scotland (Filopon, 73')

Phase after phase and the wing is in! It was good hands from Filopon as the pass from Vernier wasn’t clean but she collected and crashed over. Arbez has her first kick of the game and slots it!

73 min: France win the ball and they are off. M Menager is lightning in her break but she’s hauled to the floor. They keep coming though.

72 min: Scotland were in a good position there but the line-out is stolen, the story of the team’s afternoon really. All the hard work to get in the position but can’t convert it. France then knock on, scrappiness across the board.

71 min: Scotland get another scrum penalty and they take it quickly. They whip it to Rollie who fends but is tackled into touch. But France cough up the ball with a penalty. Also just to mention, earlier the try given after a knock on was awarded to Llorens, not Boulard. My mistake!

69 min: Scotland come away with it but there is a loose pass, Thomson does well to recover it. Possession is exchanged and France knock on, there is another scrum. This game has been quite scrappy.

68 min: Scotland win a breakdown penalty and Scotland relieve some pressure. The visitors make another change before the line-out with Nelson off for Smith.

67 min: France knock on! That saves Scotland from another try. France make more changes with Riffonneau and Annery on.

66 min: France have a loose pass but Scotland can’t quite get to it to capitalise on the mistake. Possession is back and forth ending with another turn over by Hermet! Llorens has a good break and here they come!

Caity Mattinson of Scotland in action.
Caity Mattinson of Scotland in action. Photograph: Manuel Blondeau/INPHO/Shutterstock

64 min: Vernier puts in a good kick which is returned by Thomson and it’s out for a line-out. Scotland make a change with Skeldon off for Rettie.

64 min: France make two more changes with Filopon and Arbez on for Boujard and Tremouliere.

TRY! France 48-0 Scotland (R Menager, 62')

France get it through the hands and M Menager assists her twin! Tremouliere misses the kick. I can’t see France letting up here, it’s going to be a huge score.

62 min: Tremouliere’s grubbers have been deadly this afternoon but this one is handled by Nelson. Possession exchanges hands and it ends with Tremouliere catching her own kick, what a player she is!

61 min: Scotland win the scrum penalty with France pushing early. They opt to take it quickly with a lot of work to do to get to the line. Thomson has the ball ripped from her on the floor, Boujard kicks away and Scotland just about recover it.

59 min: What is painful for Scotland is they will look at the clock and realise they have to weather 20 more minutes. Scotland win a penalty at the breakdown, a reprieve they needed! McDonald and Clarke are on for Scotland.

CONVERTED TRY! France 41-0 Scotland (Boulard, 57')

France smell blood and I can hardly keep up! Hermet makes the initial break and the whole French team comes to life, offloads come thick and fast and Boulard is in for a hat-trick. Tremouliere adds another.

56 min: France make another change with Bourdon off for Chambon and Bernadou is on. Scotland also make a change with O’Donnell is off for Donaldson.

TRY! France 36-0 Scotland (Vernier, 55')

France gather the dropout well and they are on the hunt once more. They are patient on the ball but Vernier snipes and crashes over. The centre has been one of the stars of the tournament. Tremouliere adds another kick.

53 min: Nelson had to be clever there as she wanted to shepherd the ball dead but France’s chasers were on her so she dots it down. A goal-line dropout to come.

52 min: Scotland do everything right but they just can’t get the effort over the line. France have made a change with Forlani off for R Menager.

CONVERTED TRY! France 29-0 Scotland (Hermet, 50')

Oh my, the counter attack is sublime! Llorens puts in a fabulous break with Rollie putting in a great tackle but she offloads to Hermet who scores.

50 min: France are doing well on the counter-ruck as well as the huge hits. Scotland have been pushed back to halfway and Mattinson puts the box kick in with Boulard coming away with it.

Gaelle Hermet wins a lineout ball for the home side.
Gaelle Hermet wins a lineout ball for the home side. Photograph: Manuel Blondeau/INPHO/Shutterstock

49 min: Scotland win the kicking battle with a France boot out on the full! Scotland are on the attack now, they need points here.

48 min: Konkel-Roberts is off with McLachlan on! The kicking game back in play now.

TRY! France 22-0 Scotland (Boulard, 46')

France get the advantage from the driving maul and the hosts go through the hands. Vernier puts in a slick offload and Boulard is over.

45 min: It was a strong Scotland scrum but France come away with it. Tremouliere puts in a phenomenal kick with Musgrove touching it before it went out, a France line-out in a great position!

44 min: The line-out is good from France and they are on the hunt for the bonus-point but Gallagher wins a breakdown penalty! Scotland’s line-out isn’t straight and France opt for the scrum, all the hard work done by Scotland lost to an error.

42 min: Bourdon puts a huge kick in which Thomson returns and it’s into touch. This game’s pace hasn’t faded!

Back underway! France 17-0 Scotland

It is a huge mountain to climb but Scotland aren’t out of this yet! Huge second half to come.

I can’t find a clip to show you the Llorens try that was given which I think is a knock on. Boulard has separation between herself and the ball before Llorens grounds it, I don’t think it should have been given! Anyone out there who has seen it have any thoughts? Let me know via Twitter or email.

Such a physical game!

Half-time! France 17-0 Scotland

France win it back and Bourdon kicks off! The scoreline is as expected but the performance on the pitch is much more close than the points suggest. The visitors have applied a lot of pressure but they have not been clinical which is the main difference. France have been clinical whenever they have been in the 22, apart from the opening try which was ruled out. Huge second 40 to come.

42 min: Scotland are still hitting the line here, they are desperate to get some points before half-time! They are going metre by metre.

40 min: Tremouliere puts in a fabulous kick to gain a lot of territory, it’s not quite a 50:22 and so it’s a Scotland line-out. It was intercepted but it’s knocked on! Almost the bonus-point!

39 min: Scotland must be frustrated, they have put so much pressure on the French and have come up with nothing. France have a few chances and convert them.

CONVERTED TRY! France 17-0 Scotland (Boulard, 37')

There’s the maul but Scotland bring it down quickly. France are running it through the hands and Boulard is on the wing to crash over. Tremoulieregets the kick!

36 min: This time France win the penalty at the scrum! This game is back and forth, Tremouliere kicks to the corner and a driving maul is surely coming.

35 min: There was a break in play with the teams taking on some water. We are back with a scrum.

35 min: Gallagher looks to puncture the French defence but her offload is intercepted and now France are looking for their third score. Another handling error from the hosts though with a forward pass, some uncharacteristic errors from France this afternoon.

33 min: Scotland’s line-out is good but in the resulting attack Konkel-Roberts is tackled well by Picut. Possession exchanges hands and Tremouliere kicks away with it out on the full! A few wry kicks from the French 10 today.

32 min: Scotland win the scrum penalty! The visitors have done well at the set piece today, a great effort after it was destroyed by England in the first round.

Coreen Grant in action for Scotland.
Coreen Grant in action for Scotland. Photograph: Manuel Blondeau/INPHO/Shutterstock

30 min: Bourdon received some treatment but she is staying on. The referee has warned France to speed things up at the line-out, they are taking their time to form the set piece. They get the ball away quickly but Llorens puts in a forward pass, Scotland with the scrum again.

29 min: Phases and phases from Scotland, they need a reward for their work but Escudero puts in a great tackle to push Scotland back at least five metres. They continue to chip away but Boujard wins a breakdown penalty! The French defence is immense.

28 min: Scotland do really well to defend a maul and they win a penalty. The scrum is once again good from Scotland after a reset and the visitors are off on the attack.

26 min: There was also a dangerous looking tackle from France in the build-up to that contentious try, if I’m Scotland I’m feeling very aggrieved right now! We are back in action and France have the ball once more.

TRY! France 10-0 Scotland (Llorens, 24')

That is contentious, I would disagree with that call! The TMO has judged there to be a grounding so we stick with the onfield decision. Tremouliere misses the kick.

24 min: That looks like a clear knock on from Boulard, surely this isn’t going to be a try?

24 min: Boulard kicks through but she doesn’t quite get to it with Musgrove disrupting her, the referee is going to TMO for grounding. Could this be a try?

23 min: The maul is eventually brought down and France go through the hands. This is great defence from Scotland, repelling France five metres out. Tremouliere thought she was over but the referee says she is short!

22 min: Belisle is okay to continue and Scotland lose out at the line-out. France have formed a maul

22 min: This game is ferocious and time is off again for more treatment, this time for Belisle.

22 min: Apologies, it was a line-out not a scrum. The set piece was loose but Scotland come away with it and are plucking through the phases again. Scotland needed points from that but France have turned it over! So frustrating for the visitors. Boujard almost gets away but a great tackle sees her out of touch.

20 min: Scotland have been pushed backwards and Nelson puts in the kick, Tremouliere collects and kicks away but it is straight out! We come back for another Scotland scrum, the visitors need to maintain this pressure.

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