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February 9, 2010, Tuesday
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MATHIEU Bastareaud scored his first two international tries to help France open its Six Nations campaign with an 18-9 away victory over Scotland on Sunday.
Bastareaud touched down twice in the first half at Murrayfield in Edinburgh and France was only denied another two tries before halftime by some last-ditch Scottish defending.
Francois Trinh-Duc orchestrated the French attacks and an efficient defense restricted Scotland to just three penalties by Chris Paterson.
"Scotland is a team with a big heart and it is hard to play against them," man of the match Imanol Harinordoquy said. "When we want to win, we know we have to give a big performance. We won the match in the scrum and in the fight."
France joined defending champion Ireland and England on two points in the standings.
France hosts Ireland next weekend, when England goes to Italy and Scotland is at Wales.
France effectively clinched victory in the first 40 minutes in which it shared possession evenly but enjoyed 73 percent of the territory.
Bastareaud was playing his first test since lying to local police that he had been assaulted during last June's tour of New Zealand, when he actually suffered the injuries while alone in his Wellington hotel room. Bastareaud had to do community service work as punishment and was excluded from France's matches against South Africa, Samoa and New Zealand in November.
His first try on Sunday came when he crashed over from close range following a missed pass by Trinh-Duc and the flyhalf was only prevented from touching down himself by a tackle from Sean Lamont.
Thom Evans had already denied Vincent Clerc a try when he turned the winger over to stop him grounding the ball, but his positioning contributed to Bastareaud's second score in the 33rd minute.
Flyhalf Trinh-Duc spread the play from a throw on France's right all the way to the other side of the field and the Scottish backs were drawn in, leaving Bastareaud with space to charge into and outpace forward Kelly Brown before dummying the last man and touching down.
Bastareaud touched down twice in the first half at Murrayfield in Edinburgh and France was only denied another two tries before halftime by some last-ditch Scottish defending.
Francois Trinh-Duc orchestrated the French attacks and an efficient defense restricted Scotland to just three penalties by Chris Paterson.
"Scotland is a team with a big heart and it is hard to play against them," man of the match Imanol Harinordoquy said. "When we want to win, we know we have to give a big performance. We won the match in the scrum and in the fight."
France joined defending champion Ireland and England on two points in the standings.
France hosts Ireland next weekend, when England goes to Italy and Scotland is at Wales.
France effectively clinched victory in the first 40 minutes in which it shared possession evenly but enjoyed 73 percent of the territory.
Bastareaud was playing his first test since lying to local police that he had been assaulted during last June's tour of New Zealand, when he actually suffered the injuries while alone in his Wellington hotel room. Bastareaud had to do community service work as punishment and was excluded from France's matches against South Africa, Samoa and New Zealand in November.
His first try on Sunday came when he crashed over from close range following a missed pass by Trinh-Duc and the flyhalf was only prevented from touching down himself by a tackle from Sean Lamont.
Thom Evans had already denied Vincent Clerc a try when he turned the winger over to stop him grounding the ball, but his positioning contributed to Bastareaud's second score in the 33rd minute.
Flyhalf Trinh-Duc spread the play from a throw on France's right all the way to the other side of the field and the Scottish backs were drawn in, leaving Bastareaud with space to charge into and outpace forward Kelly Brown before dummying the last man and touching down.
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