Scotland team announcement

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend discusses his team selection for the Six Nations match against France.

Transcript

00:00 Make a statement on the Cumberland Under-18s?

00:02 Yeah, they were up against a really good Irish team and they were down a man for the majority of the game as well.

00:10 So, I think when you play the top teams in the world with a man, downs can be really tough.

00:17 But I think they were very cohesive. That game has produced so many victories for them.

00:22 They were able to deliver that in a tough environment.

00:25 I guess physical French side, but they just kept on task.

00:31 So, I think from the French perspective, they know that they didn't play their best rugby, so we'll get a reaction from that.

00:39 We'd imagine we'd get a reaction from that performance.

00:43 But they were a man down for most of that game, so they'll take encouragement that with 15 on the field,

00:51 they came back even with 14 on the field at one stage.

00:55 But we know that a quality team, still a top 3 or 14 in the world.