France clinch Six Nations, Man City held, Alli sent off on return, Medvedev eliminated
Les Bleus matched England’s number of titles since Italy joined the championship in 2000 and did so in style
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Battered and Bleus-d
France claimed their seventh Six Nations trophy in a record-strewn 35-16 victory over Scotland, shaking off their beautiful runners-up tag on a crisp evening at the Stade de France.
Les Bleus matched England’s number of titles since Italy joined the championship in 2000 and did so in style, scoring 30 tries in a pulsating campaign to make sure they would not end up runners-up for the fifth time in six years.
Their only defeat came against England at Twickenham but Fabien Galthie’s side put that 26-25 loss behind them by humiliating Italy before crushing Ireland despite losing their talismanic captain Antoine Dupont through injury.
The hosts turned on the gas after the interval, and prevailed through tries by Yoram Moefana (2), Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Thomas Ramos, who kicked the other points to become France’s all-time record points scorer.
Scotland competed and scored a try through Darcy Graham with Finn Russell kicking their other points.