‘It was all about making sure we fired the first shot’
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Kyle Steyn said the key to his side’s stunning 50-40 Six Nations victory over France on Saturday was striking first. The 32-year-old was named man of the match after he and his fellow wing Darcy Graham scored two tries each in a match they actually led 47-14 at one point.
That would have been a record Scottish victory over France but instead Steyn and his teammates had to settle for a highest ever score after outscoring France by seven tries to six.
“I think we knew you couldn’t come and try to contain them, you had to fire shots at them,” Steyn told the BBC. “You just knew it was going to be a great day. It was all about making sure we fired the first shot. I was more worried about how much we were celebrating, we needed to get our feet on the ground and keep going.”
