The Scottish Mail on Sunday

2016 SCOTLAND 29 FRANCE 18

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Twelve months ago in the Six Nations, Scotland put in one of their best performanc­es under Vern Cotter.

Guilhem Guirado’s scored early for France at Murrayfiel­d, but that seemed to galvanise Scotland. Tries from Stuart Hogg and Duncan Taylor (above), the latter a long range individual effort, saw Scotland go 18-5 up.

France fought back to 21-18 down into the second half, but Hogg’s brilliant overhead pass saw Tim Visser’s try secure a victory.

Greig Laidlaw’s penalty with five minutes left made sure of Scotland’s first win over France since 2006.

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