Scotland V France Will 'be Fun From One To 80'

As formidable arsenic France are, they person ne'er rather held nan aforesaid fearfulness facet for Scotland arsenic nan likes of Ireland successful caller times. During Townsend's reign they person faced France 13 times crossed Six Nations, Autumn Nations Cup and World Cup warm-up matches and person won 5 of them.

Scotland fans will beryllium speedy to constituent retired it should person been six, fixed nan arguable involution from nan tv lucifer charismatic to norm retired what would person been a match-winning effort from Sam Skinner successful nan last play of nan Six Nations gathering astatine Murrayfield 2 years ago.

The mean people crossed those 13 games is astir 26-20 (25.76 to 19.58 to beryllium precise) successful France's favour, an parameter that erstwhile these teams play it is very seldom a blowout.

France do harm successful devastating bursts but they do let opponents opportunities, thing Scotland person been capable to return advantage of to nutrient immoderate very entertaining Test matches.

"It's 2 teams that emotion to play rugby. They often are really fatiguing games because you've sewage 2 teams that are trying to person a crack," said Steyn, who aft years of playing understudy to Duhan van der Merwe and Darcy Graham for nan nationalist team, has played himself to nan beforehand of nan queue for a helping spot.

"Both teams will make errors and we evidently cognize really lethal they are from modulation truthful you've sewage to effort and not make those errors, but astatine nan aforesaid time, they've sewage a large juggernaut up beforehand that needs to move and we relish nan chance to person a spell against them and effort and make them defend. You look guardant to these games, they're ever truthful overmuch fun.

"This is simply a crippled wherever you conscionable cognize it's going to beryllium nosy from 1 to 80. You don't cognize what's going to hap but it's going to flow.

"France person had a cracking tourney truthful acold and erstwhile you look astatine them, they've sewage threats each crossed nan park.

"It's nan aforesaid arsenic immoderate different week from that constituent of view. You've sewage to springiness them nan respect they merit - but nary much than that."