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Greig Laidlaw celebrates Scotland’s 32-26 victory over France at Murrayfield as the team got its Six Nations campaign back on track. The scrum-half kicked 22 points to guide the Scots home.
Man-of-the-match Greig Laidlaw insisted Scotland fear no-one at BT Murrayfield after getting their Six Nations campaign back on track with a 32-26 win over France yesterday.
The experienced scrum-half made a triumphant return to the starting line-up as he kicked 22 points and produced a superb all-round performance to guide the Scots home in the second half and restore pride after the previous weekend’s drubbing in Wales.
It was Scotland’s fifth successive victory at home in the championship as they recovered from another shaky start to outlast a tiring French team in a tense encounter that swung back and forth.
While the Scots continue to struggle on the road, Laidlaw hailed the recent home record but admitted there would need to be improvements when England come calling in just under two weeks.
Asked if the team felt they could beat any side at home, Laidlaw replied: “Yes we do. That’s shown in our results. We were only beaten in the last calendar year by New Zealand and that was a five-point margin.
“We feel we can beat anybody. I