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Gregor Townsend insisted that Mohamed Haouas’s first-half red card was not the determining factor in Scotland’s 28-10 victory over France. The Scotland coach said that the visitors had responded well to the setback and that his own squad deserved credit for their physical commitment.
“Obviously it is important, but I thought we played better in the first half than the second,” Townsend said of the tighthead prop’s dismissal for a punch on Jamie Ritchie. “We had France on the back foot and we turned them over nine times in the first half in the way we defended, and we had opportunities getting in behind them. Continue reading...