Welsh crowned Six Nations champs as Scots stun French

Les Bleus needed to score four tries or more and win by at least 21 points to stop Wales claiming the title but lost when Scotish winger Duhan van der Merwe scored five minutes into additional time

Wales won the Six Nations on Friday after Scotland beat a “disappointed” France 27-23 for their first victory in Paris since 1999.

Les Bleus needed to score four tries or more and win by at least 21 points to stop Wales claiming the title but lost when Scotish winger Duhan van der Merwe scored five minutes into additional time.

Both sides finished with 14 men after Scotland fly-half Finn Russell was sent off with 10 minutes to play and French substitute Baptiste Serin collected a yellow card three minutes lafter.

“It’s a huge disappointment. We gave a lot over nine weeks,” home captain Charles Ollivon told France Televisions.

“We’ll continue to work, we know where we’ve come from, we’re going to get back to work. It will help us grow,” he added.

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend was without a host of English-based players with the game outside the Test window and lost No. 8 Mat Fagerson on the eve of the game with an ankle injury

“I’m so proud of the team. They came here with a bit of adversity with not our full squad, an injury to one of our starters, a yellow card, a red card, we had to come back against a very good side,” Townsend told the BBC.

“But they showed courage, effort, togetherness, and skill to win. A great end to a really promising season for us,” he added.

The match had been rescheduled after a Covid-19 outbreak in the French camp caused a postponement in February.