Edinburgh — France’s dismal run continued at the weekend when they failed to win for the eighth consecutive time in a 32-26 defeat against Scotland in the Six Nations at Murrayfield on Sunday. Scotland prevailed thanks to tries by Sean Maitland and Huw Jones, with man of the match Greig Laidlaw adding two conversions and six penalties in a perfect kicking performance. Les Bleus, who have not won an international Test in 329 days, scored two tries through the impressive Teddy Thomas, Maxime Machenaud adding two conversions and two penalties, with replacement scrumhalf Baptiste Serin also scoring a couple of penalties. France, who lost influential flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert in last weekend’s 15-13 defeat by Ireland, were again hit by injuries as Machenaud had to make way for Serin at halftime. Scotland, humbled 34-7 by Wales last weekend, trailed for 70 minutes but eventually had too much in store. France took a dream start as Thomas slalomed through the Scottish defence and touched do...
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