Scotland 20-16 France: The home side dominates from the whistle, enabling Sean Lamont to jink over after 12 minutes

Scrum-half Michael Blair uses the dominance of his pack to launch several sniping runs at the stunned French defence

Jason White collects his 50th Scotland cap and marshalls his side superbly to the delight of the Murrayfield crowd

Chris Paterson widens the lead with two penalties before France kick one of their own to make it 13-3 at the break

Lamont pops up from the middle of a driving maul to touch down for his second try five minutes after the restart

Jean-Baptiste Elissalde fails to convert Julien Bonnaire's try but then slots a penalty to narrow Scotland's lead to 20-11

An unconverted try from France's Sebastien Bruno brings France within range of the lead with time still on the clock

Referee Jonathan Kaplan blows time to give Scotland a memorable start to their 2006 Six Nations campaign