Williams furious as Scots lose to France

France 16 Scotland 9

The 44-year-old handler wasn't impressed by the referee either, but it was McDowell who drew the brunt of the Australian's ire after he ruled that Allister Hogg had stepped into touch when he rampaged through the French defence to score a try.

That would have put the Scots at least 15-6 to the good with 10 minutes remaining, but instead they saw that turned round as Jon Petrie was sin-binned and then, having drawn level through a Yann Deliague drop goal, the hosts stole it when Hugo Southwell's kick was charged down and Damien Traille ran onto touch the ball down.