France continue to keep apace with England at the top of the Women’s Six Nations table after they secured a dominant 55-0 triumph over Scotland on Sunday.
Scotland battled hard in the opening half, with the French touching down three times through Pauline Bourdon, Melissande Llorens and Emilie Boulard, but the floodgates opened after the break.
Boulard sealed her hat-trick while Gaelle Hermet, Gabrielle Vernier, Romane Menager and Maelle Filopon completed the rout.
They move up to second in the table following their third successive win and are just a point behind the Red Roses.
France next face Wales before they take on England in the final round in what looks likely to be the Six Nations decider at a packed Twickenham.
Early chance
The hosts thought they had scored the opening try just five minutes in when Charlotte Escudero crashed over but it was ruled out after Bourdon was adjudged to have supplied a forward pass in the build-up.
It did not take long for France to finally have their opener after a series of passes allowed Bourdon to race over the line but Jessy Tremouliere missed the kick.
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Llorens helped to double the French lead before they scored a third try just before half-time in similar fashion to the first as France released Boulard to score.
The second-half French procession got underway six minutes after the interval when Boulard touched down for her second before Hermet collected a pass from Llorens to put them 29-0 up.
Two tries in two minutes from Vernier and Boulard, for her hat-trick, put France out of sight before tries from Menager and Filopon rounded off the scoring to condemn Scotland to their third straight loss.