France Surges Towards Rugby Supremacy: Record-breaking Six Nations Lays Down Gauntlet For Springboks

France 's crowning as this season's Six Nations champions underlined their status as genuine contenders to South Africa 's global supremacy thanks to an efficient gameplan, generational individual talents and some record-setting performances.

The French produced a 20-minute second-half burst to cruise past Scotland in Paris on Saturday for their second championship since the head coach Fabien Galthie took over in late 2019.

After thrashing Wales in their opener, Les Bleus overcame a one-point loss at England in round two to trounce Italy and sweep past holders Ireland in Dublin to set up the decider at the Stade de France.

France's success was mastered thanks to a best-ever try count in the tournament, Thomas Ramos' accurate goal-kicking and the unorthodox use of seven forwards on the substitutes' bench balancing brutal power and lightning speed out wide.

'The game in Ireland was, I feel, the stand-out match from the past six years,' Galthie told reporters.