Scotland are on the board as Weir converts an easy penalty after good solid attack from Scotland.

An enthralling contest. Ferocious intensity to it.

It's Scotland's turn to batter away at the French line after a penalty gives them the chance to get up the field.

A chance to test their visitors' resolve, penalty advantage too...

Scotland are pinged again at the kick off, but Stuart Hogg acrobatically prevents Mathieu Jalibert's kick from finding touch.

An kicking battle ensues, and France wing Vincent Rattez manages to scamper free down the left, handing off Scotland defenders as he goes.

Hamish Watson eventually hacks him down, and Rattez's offload is flung wildly into touch. And breathe...

Ramos knocks over his second penalty. France are firmly in control. Ferocious power up front.

The on-field decision was no try, and the TMO says Vakatawa has no control of the ball.

It was penalty advantage to France anyway, so they'll have the ball 15 m from the Scotland line.

Thomas Ramos lines it up...

Virimi Vakatawa thinks he's scored after Gael Fickou's kick. Did he get to the ball before Blair Kinghorn?

Blair Kinghorn's body-check on Antoine Dupont has given France the perfect platform. Dupont's kick went out on the full as well...

Lineout to come just outside the 22.

Some kick from inside his own goal area from France fly-half Matthieu Jalibert. The 22-year-old thumps it up to just short of halfway.

A nice confidence booster on his third Test start.

The pre-match thoughts of Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend: "We know if we win today, we're into the final, which would be massive for this group players. We also know how tough it will be to win.

"France focus on the physicality. We've got to take that away from them, take away their attacking flair and take away their kicking game.

"On paper, they're a real form team. They're a team which have great strengths individually and collectively But games aren't won on paper, they're won in 80 minutes and how we start, how continue and how hard we work will go a long way to deciding the outcome."

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Quality start from France. Solid phase play gets them in position and Virimi Vakatawa drives it up, and Scotland are penalised for not rolling away.

Ramos knocks over the penalty to put France ahead.

A fast start, as Camille Chat trucks it up for France, and they go wide and find some space.

An exchange of kicks follows and France have the lineout just inside Scotland's half. Sharp stuff from the visitors.

Stuart Hogg gets the game going at Murrayfield!

Right, vote time.

Thumbs up for Scotland, thumbs down for France!

Here come the anthems...

Given it was Scotland who ended France's hopes of a Six Nations grad slam back in March, you suspect revenge will be on their mind.

Our chief sportswriter Tom English explains in his piece exactly why things could get feisty at Murrayfield this afternoon. Read it here.

The unfortunate outbreak of Covid-19 in the Fiji camp means they won't play any of their Pool B matches, and both France and Italy have been awarded 28-0 wins as a result of the cancellations.

Scotland are yet to have confirmation of the same after it was announced their match with Fiji scheduled for next week is now off.

But assuming they also get a 28-0 win, victory against France today would mean they top Pool B, regardless of what the French do against Italy next week.

This week, Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend labelled France as potentially the best rugby side in the world right now. That would have been a laughable comment a year ago, but Fabien Galthie and Shaun Edwards have made the once fragile French into a formidable force.

Only Scotland have beaten them in 2020, and that came when France were down to 14 men for more than half of the match.

With the All Blacks seemingly mortal again, it's not an unfair shout to label France as the world's best. Though Eddie Jones' England might have something to say about that...

France are looking to end a run of four successive defeats at Murrayfield, having lost 28-17 in the Six Nations in March to ruin their Grand Slam hopes. Their last win in Edinburgh was in 2014.

Last week's win in Italy was far from vintage stuff from Scotland, but they still found a way to record a bonus-point win.

They had the grit and determination to fight past their own shortcomings and run out 28-17 winners, another sign of a maturing team.

Gregor Townsend was clear after the game, though, that Scotland need to be much better this afternoon.

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France have travelled to Edinburgh without star fly-half Romain Ntamack, who is missing with a thigh injury. It's a blow for coach Fabien Galthie, who has been forced to select Bordeaux's Matthieu Jalibert for just his second Test start.

The 22-year-old has got plenty of talent, though, and when you've got Antoine Dupont pulling the strings inside you, it certainly helps.