Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live

"Scotland are more than a match for France right now. If they just had the courage or conviction right now to push the ball out for a couple more passes then it might well be to their advantage."

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France fail to roll away which gives Stuart Hogg an opportunity to level the match from 51m, but he undercooks it.

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC One

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"I think tactically France are playing really well. They have some good discipline as well. The kicking game needs work and France must keep an eye on Finn Russell because he is the danger in this Scotland side."

Nigel Owens blows his whistle again, accusing the Scots of infringing - but the touch judge interrupts, and tells the referee a Frenchman was offside so Finn Russell kicks the Scots into opposition territory. Time for the visitors to breathe.

Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live

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"France are mixing it up and I am pretty impressed in the way they are playing today. They can sometimes be a bit negative but they are trying to spin it out wide and play."

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France threaten every time they attack and that must be a worry for the visitors. They're managing to stem the tide at the moment, however, and good work by the men in the boiler room, after a solid line-out, allows Greig Laidlaw to kick to touch from inside his own 22.

An unexpected early finish for Tommy Symour, who has hurt his groin. Dougie Fife replaces the right wing.

Nigel Owens blows his whistle, which means the hosts have a chance in front of the posts and it's an easy one for the outside-half.

Mathieu Bastareaud barges through the midfield with the finesse of a sledgehammer, but it's effective. The French rumbling forward, moving it from left to right and they're inching ever closer to the try line.

The captain steps up and the ball sails between the posts. Even-stevens once again.

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"There has to be space so why are you not giving it then?" says Nigel Owens to the Scottish front-row, like a tired parent telling off a toddler for not doing the simplest of tasks correctly. It could be a long afternoon for the referee. France not engaging properly and Scotland can aim at the posts.

Andy Nicol
Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

"Fly-half Finn Russell is attacking the line, which is what we hoped he was going to do. He found himself opposite two second rows and found his way through. He likes to do that and France will now know that Scotland have an attacking threat at 10. That forces them to think and stops them fanning out wide quite as quickly in defence."

First scrum of the evening is awarded to France. It's messy stuff and referee Nigel Owens is calling for space. "It has to be shoulder-to-shoulder," pleads the Welshman. At the third time of asking, France put it in and get it out, but it isn't the sort of platform from which you can attack from so Les Rouges just boot it downfield.

Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live

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"Both sides you feel are sounding each other out at the moment. You just want to settle down and get some possession to see how the other side come out and that is where France are right now."

Scott Spedding into touch - quick line-out ball for Scotland and the Scottish backs are let loose in the middle of the park. Canny by the fresh-faced Finn Russell, a dummy which bamboozles the French defence. Greig Laidlaw to Johnnie Beattie, who coughs up the ball and the outside-half's good work comes to nothing.

Andy Nicol
Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

"That was a dumb penalty for Richie Gray to give away. All France were going to do was kick into touch anyway and give possession back to Scotland. They have to avoid that sort of thing at this stage of the game."

Roars around the stadium as Scott Spedding goes on a bulldozing run, but it comes to nothing. France recycling ball, but Scotland are holding firm.

Wesley Fofana with a slight gap... Scott Spedding carries on the momentum, making the hard yards... Scotland, so far, absorbing wave after wave of red-shirted attacks on the half-way line.

A confident start by outside-half Camille Lopez, who is making his first Six Nations start. Scotland not bothered by falling behind, they simply work their way up-field and inside the French 22 - but foolish by Richie Gray, going in from the side, and Scott Spedding has a pressure-easing touch-finder.

France win a penalty despite good work by Jonny Gray in the line-out as Blair Cowan is forced to hold on - and Camille Lopez boots it over, in off the post.