There will also be discourse surrounding this incident and the decision from the officials not to send off France hooker Peato Mauvaka.

Thumbs up if you think he should have seen red, thumbs down if you agree with the officials.

Take from this graphic what you will, but it shows Scotland's relative lack of progress in terms of results in this competition.

The reality of where Scotland are with the players at their disposal, or something beyond that?

Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on Sportsound

I was pretty proud of the way Scotland played. They stuck at it, went out and tried to play the game that could have beaten France.

They had a go, moved the ball, played with width. Kinghorn had one of his best games. Van der Merwe and Graham looked dangerous.

Russell will get a lot of criticism for certain things, but I thought he played pretty well and gave Scotland a chance. He varied the game enough to try and hurt the French.

Ultimately, France are a better side. There are world-class players all over the pitch, they can bring real quality off the bench and that just adds to the tempo and physicality.

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Johnnie Beattie
Former Scotland back row on ITV

The cruel nature of our sport - if Finn Russell kicks his goals at Twickenham, and this game goes down to the wire for a championship, that changes the context.

Look at our player participation numbers, France have hundreds of thousands and we have around 20,000 adult players.

That is not something Scottish fans will want to hear but when you look at numbers, that is where we are.

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Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend tells ITV he has "mixed feelings" after his side's defeat.

"We asked the players to deliver a performance of effort and physicality and they did that," Townsend says. "Our forwards played outstanding rugby at times, really fronted up.

"We didn't get the breaks, the bad luck before half-time [with a disallowed try] and then a mistake and they scored just after half-time. We were in that game for a lot of it.

"We were a bum cheek away from converting in the first half when Blair Kinghorn was just in touch and they are a very good defence. You need to have patience and accuracy and that was little bit missing today."

Townsend offers no opinion on Peato Mauvaka's sin binning, preferring to "leave that to others to decide." He adds: "These things can be decisive as we know. I am just proud the team fronted up tonight and even at the end to deny France another try, a maul try, they were very aggressive."

Asked if Scotland deserved to finish higher than fourth, he replies: "No, if we don't win when we have a lot of the game, that's where we are going to finish.

"It is a very tough competition. Teams can't play well every game no-one won a Grand Slam.

"We are a quality side, it just didn't go our way this year."

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Louis Bielle-Biarrey's try at the start of the second half - his eighth of the tournament - proved a real turning point.

Scotland never wrestled back momentum from that point.

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland international on BBC Radio Scotland

A massive defensive effort from France. They were quite happy to allow us to have possession, they were quite wide in their defence.

We played with some fantastic endeavour and were quite sharp on the ball, but we couldn't break through, get in behind and really stress them.

Scotland played the right way, gave ourselves the best opportunity by keeping the ball alive, playing as quick as possible. It wasn't always accurate but it's the right way to go about it.

Confirmation of what we all know - France are champions.

Scotland finish fourth after three losses and two wins.

France defence coach Shaun Edwards savours a "special night for myself" as he celebrates his 250th rugby union international as a coach with silverware.

"The stars aligned for me tonight," Edwards tells ITV.

"We showed resilience in defence second half, when we only conceded three points.

"We defended really well against Ireland but kind of went off it for the last five minutes, but today we were on it for the full 80."

On try machine Louis Bielle-Biarrey, who scored his record-equalling eighth try of the championship, Edwards waxes: "Since the World Cup in 2023 he has gotten better and better, and hopefully he gets better again. He is a sensational athlete, a wonderful guy."

And he harbours no regrets about that error-strewn performance at Twickenham which might well have cost France a clean sweep.

"I feel just as happy as if it was a Grand Slam because it shows we had great resilience to come back from losing a game," Edwards says.

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Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Sportsound

Galthie sprung the bench very early, and that changed the game. The power and control was awesome.

Scotland grew tired. They put an awful lot into the first half, played really well. But when that ferocity is coming at you for another 40 minutes, I don't know how you withstand that. Ireland couldn't.

Scotland put an awful lot into this game, really good in places. France are just better.

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Lots of people keep referring to other people talking about how this is the best ever Scotland squad, but I don't know where that narrative comes from.

They have a wonderful backline, but don't have the pack to match and I think most Scotland fans acknowledge that.

Maybe I'm missing something...

Johnnie Beattie
Former Scotland back row on ITV

A lot of my team-mates in the past found the French set-up a chore. They were not fun to watch.

But this generation, typified by Antoine Dupont, are a really tight-knit squad and play great rugby.

There was a power struggle between the clubs and union which is better now than ever. There are more young French kids playing in the Top 14 league, winning U20s championships and converting that to Test level.

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Gregory Alldritt and the injured Antoine Dupont lift the Six Nations trophy before passing it around the squad.

Every lift is met with huge cheers from the stands.

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The France squad are receiving their medals and preparing for the trophy lift.

Most fans look to have stayed to soak up the celebrations.

France centre and player of the match Yoram Moefana tells ITV: "It was a very tough game, Scotland is a big team and I want to say thank you to the team because we were fighting with Scotland from start to finish. It's amazing.

"We are happy on the field and play our game. We want to take the pressure and go for tries.

"It's so bad for Antoine he was injured, but we wanted to fight in this game for him. We did, and we are so happy."

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Scott Hastings
Former Scotland player on ITV

Scotland played bravely once again. They moved the ball so well. Kinghorn is a star rising.

They are going to have to work out how to execute closer to the line under pressure.