France and Scotland bring the curtain down on their 2025 Six Nations campaigns with a fifth-round clash at Stade de France.
After trouncing Ireland in Dublin, the destination of the Six Nations title lies in France’s hands. With a bonus-point win and another healthy addition to their points difference, Fabien Galthié’s side will wrap up their first title since 2022 with a victory over Scotland in Paris.
Scotland, meanwhile, are playing for pride but will be buoyed by having beaten Wales 35-29 at Murrayfield last time out.
When is France v Scotland?
Saturday, March 15, in Paris. Kick-off is at 8pm.
Where is France v Scotland taking place?
At Stade de France in Saint-Denis just north of Paris. France’s national stadium has a capacity of 83,300 and hosted the athletics, football, rugby and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games. Built for the 1998 Fifa World Cup, two Rugby World Cup finals – South Africa’s 15-6 victory over England in 2007 and South Africa’s 12-11 triumph over the All Blacks in 2023 – have also been staged at the stadium.
How to watch France v Scotland on TV
It will be on ITV1. The BBC and ITV are once again sharing coverage of the Six Nations in the UK.
Who is the referee?
England’s Matthew Carley will be the man in the middle, assisted by Karl Dickson (England) and Eoghan Cross (Ireland) running the lines, with South Africa’s Marius van der Westhuizen the TMO.
What is the latest team news?
France
France head coach Fabian Galthie has made two changes from the team that crushed Ireland in round four, bringing in experienced centre Gael Fickou and scrum-half Maxime Lucu for the injured Antoine Dupont.
Dupont ruptured his anterior cruciate ligaments after his knee buckled under pressure from the Irish defence at the back of a ruck.
France beat Ireland 42-27 last Saturday and victory against Scotland with a four-try bonus point would give them the title.
France XV: Ramos; Penaud, Fickou, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Ntamack, Lucu; Gros, Mauvaka, Atonio, Flament, Guillard, Cros, Boudehent, Alldritt
Replacements: Marchand, Baille, Aldegheri, Auradou, Meafou, Jegou, Jelonch, Le Garrec
Six Nations 2025 table
When did France and Scotland last win the Six Nations?
France were victorious in 2022, but have since finished second in consecutive years with Ireland winning back-to-back titles.
Scotland have never won the Six Nations – they did, however, win the last iteration of the Five Nations in 1999.
What was the score last year?
Scotland went down to an agonising 20-16 defeat against France at Murrayfield, despite having been the superior team throughout against a continually out-of-sorts Les Bleus.
The Scots were a clear camera angle away from snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, with one of the longest TMO reviews in history simply unable to show conclusively whether Sam Skinner had grounded the ball over the line. Was it a try? Almost certainly, but without enough evidence it simply could not be given and Scotland, perhaps fittingly given their failure to close the game out when it was in their hands, were crushed.
