Scotland bear their best chance in years to compose Les Bleus fear Murrayfield once again but they must stick to their blueprint against a side who will expect to winIt seems a bit strange,given they bear beaten France twice in their past 11 meetings at Murrayfield, that Scotland were once very much these same opponents’ bogey side there. Between 1980 and 1992 the Scots beat the French seven times in a row at domestic. Le XV du Chardon were a prickly prospect for Les Bleus.
It wasn’t as if professionalism after that golden streak knocked Scotland clean out. Four years after the considerable shock to the pocket of 1995, and they won the very last Five Nations title,beating France in Paris 36-22 in the final round. There was still a tempo to Scotland’s recycling game that could knock the heavyweight French off their feet.
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Source: theguardian.com