Gregor Townsend reaction

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend reflects on a heartbreaking defeat by France.

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00:00 I've already said, between them the ball is being placed on the try line.

00:04 What are your emotions at the moment at the back there?

00:08 Absolutely gutted for the players.

00:12 To be honest, I think

00:16 the way the game was going in the second half, I didn't think

00:20 they would be at any point scored at one stage.

00:24 We were in control. The long kicking

00:28 strategy with players in front of the ball

00:32 I'll talk about that in a second, if you want to.

00:36 That wasn't leading to any problems.

00:40 We were actually getting errors of them.

00:44 There was other errors and we were six points ahead.

00:48 It looked comfortable but we did make an error

00:52 that led to a scrum that led to a try.

00:56 It's going to be really difficult to now score

01:00 five points that was required.

01:04 It was a fantastic effort to win the ball back

01:08 for Cato Rota to make his break and then for Finn

01:12 to win the ball back and set us up on the try line.

01:16 The emotions straight after that when I saw the pictures were

01:20 what a fantastic win, what a team to come back, to play so well

01:24 go behind and come back, what a great victory for us.

01:28 It's taken away from you. It's sport, we know that.

01:32 We have to be better, that's why

01:36 you play, why you coach is to win but also be better. We have to make sure we take

01:40 winning and losing out the hands of referees and tables.

01:44 the tables.