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Scots to Smash the French?

Scotland welcome France to Murrayfield for the opening day of the Six Nations rugby union tournament on February 3rd and will be hoping to send the visitors home with their tails between their legs.

There aren't many countries better than Scotland at giving support to their sporting sides and rugby fans hoping to be cheering along with the crowd at Murrayfield had better get their hotels in Edinburgh booked soon.

The Scots will really have their work cut out for them with this game, as France are the defending Six Nations champions and also made it to the semi-final of the rugby World Cup this year.

Scotland made it to the quarter-final of the World Cup but were dumped out by Argentina, so will be hoping to show that they have the ability to make a real tournament challenge in the Six Nations this year.

Murrayfield currently has capacity for 67,500 supporters but holds the record for the largest attendance at a rugby game, when just over 104,000 people watched Scotland play Wales in 1975.

The stadium was first used for an international in 1925, when Scotland beat England 14-11.

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Updated: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:20:18

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