Jean-Marc Doussain kicked a penalty goal in the 79th minute to hand France a 19-17 win over Scotland at Murrayfield.

Scotland outscored the French by two tries to one, and led 14-9 at half-time. Until the final minute, they looked to be on course for a famous victory.

An intercept try by Yoann Huget early in the second stanza allowed France to take the lead. Duncan Weir would kick a penalty to regain the initiative for Scotland, but then a transgression in the final seconds handed Doussain the chance to win the game for the visitors.

The result keeps France's Six Nations title hopes alive.

Scotland – Tries: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour. Conversions: Greig Laidlaw (2). Penalty: Duncan Weir.
France – Try: Yohann Huget. Conversion: Maxime Machenaud. Penalties: Machenaud (3), Jean-Marc Doussain.

Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Dave Denton, 7 Kelly Brown (c), 6 Johnnie Beattie, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Ryan Grant.
Subs: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Al Dickinson, 18 Euan Murray, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Max Evans.

France – 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Subs: 18 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Alexandre Flanquart, 20 Antoine Claassen, 21 Jean-Marc Doussain, 22 Remi Tálès, 23 Gaël Fickou.

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