The Scots shot first in this second warm-up match. From the 5th minute, behind a maul the scrum half Ali Price spreads wide. The Kinghorn rear, shifted, serves Steyn who only has to go flatten without opposition.
The Blues are pushing to come back. In the 32nd minute, scrum in the 22 Scottish meters in the axis of the posts. The French forwards take the lead over their opponents. Antoine Dupont took advantage of a decoy from Gaël Fickou to serve Romain Ntamack behind his back. The Toulouse opener accelerates in the interval and resists Huw Jones to finish in the in-goal.
As soon as the second half resumed, on a short side played by Antoine Dupont, the scrum half served Damian Penaud. The winger plays with three defenders to score in the corner.
In the process, distant relaunch of the untenable Dupont. Relay and school cad-deb of Thomas Ramos who serves Charles Ollivon. The third line lengthens the stride to escape the last Scottish defenders and flatten the third tricolor try.
Scotland did not give up in this meeting and once again set the pace to get Huw Jones on the right wing. The Scottish center takes speed from the French defense before erasing in a beautiful way Louis Bielle Biarrey. He is caught just in front of the line by Damian Penaud. But the Scots play well and alert Van der Merwe, forgotten on his wing by the defense who goes to register his test Russell does not convert and leaves his team at 12 points in the 63rd minute.
Another long session of possession for the Scots who progress on each impact and put the Blues in difficulty. Finn Russell decides to quickly play a penalty in the French 22m and launches his forwards which fail a few centimeters from the line. Rory Darge is at the relay and collapses behind the goal line. Russell converts and puts Scotland within five points in the 68th minute.
The Blues are suffering at the end of the match… After another long Scottish possession, the Blues keep falling back to their 22 meters. This is where Horn, the substitute scrum half, decides to play small side and tap to follow low to the ground for his winger Steyn. The rebound is favorable to him and Bielle Biarrey too fair to push him into touch. Scotland are tied. 25-25 after Finn Russell’s failed conversion.
27-27. Less than two minutes to play. Uini Atonio collects a closed scrum penalty. Thomas Ramos, author of a 100%, still does not tremble and offers victory to the Blues.
