Six Nations 2025: The numbers behind France’s dominance before Scotland Test
When France is in form and shooting, they are not invincible.
England scored a 26-25 victory in the second round by being extremely clinical in offense, while players like Penaud and Dupont made atypical mistakes to eliminate obvious scoring opportunities.
However, France doesn’t waste often – they still have the best conversion rate in the opposition 22 in six countries – and another big difference is the home court advantage this weekend.
France has been on the road to England, Italy and Ireland after striking Wales to open 43-0 in Paris.
France lost only once in 15 tests at Stade de France as Scotland won the last minute of the Six Nations in 2021.
Since then, only South Africa has won a single point in the 2023 World Cup quarterfinals. During this period, New Zealand has beaten three times.
In addition, France averaged nearly 35 points per game in these 15 Tests – their lowest score was 25 points.
Therefore, opposition teams may have to make at least three attempts to play.
France returned to Le Stade and won the Six Nations title in the Six Nations title, meaning that Townsend said it would be “attracted to the maximum”.
All of this makes Scotland’s task extremely difficult – France will likely finish the job and become the seventh champion of the Six Nations.
