Scotland v France highlights: Six Nations score and updates as visitors hold on to win in thrilling end

Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s late try proved pivotal as France dug out a dramatic 20-16 Guinness Six Nations victory over Scotland at Murrayfield – but only after a controversial decision not to award the hosts a try in the last action of the match.

Les Bleus – who lost 38-17 at home to Ireland in their opener last weekend – looked in danger of starting the championship with back-to-back defeats as they trailed for most of the match after Ben White’s seventh-minute try.

However, Bielle-Biarrey’s moment of inspiration in the 70th minute allowed the French – who had scored in the first half through Gael Fickou – to get themselves in front.

The Scots – looking to make it back-to-back wins after their triumph in Wales last weekend – staged a late rally and thought they had claimed the victory when they forced their way over the line after the 80-minute mark, but following a lengthy TMO review, it was deemed they had not grounded the ball.

We’ll have a load more reaction and analysis from Scotland’s defeat to France this evening and over the next few days, but there’s no time to draw breath – the next helping of Six Nations action is imminent, with the players just emerging at Twickenham as the rivalry between England and Wales is reignited. Luke Baker will be your guide throughout that one – you can join him here:

“I think it was a tough second half, the whole game was an arm-wrestle. Personally, I believe that was a try at the end. We’ve got to take this defeat on the chin and get better for England. We can’t let the referee decide who wins, we’ve got to get better.

“The way we got back into the game and that, I believe, we scored shows the character we’ve got. I think we’ll chill out tonight and take it easy next week. We need a bit of time away from rugby, it’s an intense competition, and come back for that England game ready for the challenge.”

“To be fair, I think that is a try,” Warburton says on the BBC. “I am 95% sure that is a try, but can we say that is 100% a try?

“We couldn’t, so we have to stick with Nic Berry’s on-field decision.”

You have to say that, given the TMO process, the right decision was reached there. Nic Berry had not seen a grounding on the field, which meant Brian MacNeice had to see conclusive evidence that a try was scored. The experienced Irish TMO did not; the no try decision stood.

The Scottish players are distraught. They were certain victory was theirs – the ball looked to be on the floor and over the line, but there was no single angle that showed both factors as true. France survive.

Good god. It appeared that Brian MacNeice was leaning towards awarding that, with referee Nic Berry ready to raise his arm and give Scotland victory. But one last review of the footage and MacNeice felt he just couldn’t be sure – Scotland fall agonisingly short and France, by the barest of margins, cling on!

“I cannot say for certain.” Brian MacNeice concludes – NO TRY!

How can you rule on this? It looks like the ball might be on the floor, but can you conclusively say it is grounded?