PARIS - France landed the wooden spoon for the first time since 1999 despite beating Scotland 23-16 at the Stade de France on Saturday in their final Six Nations match.
Second-half tries by Wesley Fofana and Maxime Medard saw them to their first win of the tournament after trailing 6-0 at halftime.
France were on track to avoid the spoon before a late try by Scotland's Tim Visser reduced the margin and left the French rock bottom because of a worse points difference to Ireland, who had earlier lost to Italy.