England win title after Scotland shock France
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Updated 13/03/2016 at 19:39 GMT
England won the Six Nations after Scotland beat France 29-18 at Murrayfield.
Scotland's Greig Laidlaw celebrates
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France opened the try scoring in the fourth minute through Guilhem Guirado, but Stuart Hogg and Duncan Taylor scored two tries in the space of three minutes at the end of the first half.
Gael Fickou responded with France's second try on the stroke of halftime, but Tim Visser added a third for Scotland in the 67th minute against the run of play as the hosts leapfrogged France into third place on four points.
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France's fly half Francois Trinh-Duc (R) passes the ball to France's flanker Yacouba Camara (C) during the Six Nations international rugby union match between Scotland and France at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 13, 2016.
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It means, England, who have won all four of their matches going into their final match in Paris next week, take the title under new coach Eddie Jones. It is only the second time they have won it since their 2003 World Cup success.
France were the only team that could have stopped them, having only lost one game prior to Sunday's match. But now they must try and prevent England from claiming the Grand Slam on Saturday.
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