Defence key to the France game

This Saturday sees Scotland go to France in the second match for them in the autumn test series, and should see them playing plenty of confidence after a convincing win against the Irish at Scotstoun. This will be no easy place to go for Scotland and should make for tougher opposition than Ireland, however after the positives of the Ireland game, there is no reason why Scotland can't pick up another impressive win.

Two players particularly impressed in the last game and if they can take their form in to the next game, France will need to have a tightly organised defence. Duffy was pivotal in the centre of the park for the Scots, orchestrating the attacks and creating gap after gap, and David Scott picking up a brace showed intelligence in his support play and plenty of pace to help him collect his well earned brace.

Also whereas Ireland could be accused of being wasteful in attack, they were certainly no slouches in defence, producing several last gasp tackles and preventing Scotland from racking up a few more tries, showing that Scotland are certainly capable going forward. However France are likely to be just as enthusiastic going forward and this has the potential to be a high scoring game for both teams, so its up to McCormacks men to stay organised on the field next Saturday, and if they can stifle Frances attack, they could see themselves take an impressive scalp from the world number 5's and establish themselves as strong contenders for the next four nations.

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