Galthie picked a largely second-string team for their opening World Cup warm-up match of the summer, with three debuts handed to Paul Boudehent, Emilien Gailleton and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, with Antoine Dupont, Gael Fickou and Romain Ntamack among a raft of established players given the weekend off. They looked on course for a comfortable victory after leading 21-3 at the interval, only for Scotland to score 22 unanswered points despite playing nearly 30 minutes with 14 men following the red card for Zander Fagerson.