Jacques Brunel ruing Les Bleus indiscipline

France coach Jacques Brunel has bemoaned his side's lack of discipline in their 32-26 Six Nations defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.

Les Bleus started on such a bright note as Teddy Thomas' brace saw them surge in to a 17-7 lead. But they gave away far too many penalties in the second half, which Scotland goal-kicker Greig Laidlaw duly capitalised on.

This, a week after Brunel's side had produced a heroic defensive display to keep Ireland tryless in that 15-13 defeat in Dublin. And Brunel admits there are a lot of 'positives' to take from the past two weeks.

"I want to remember the positives of these two matches," said Brunel. "We were in a position to be able to change the outcome.

"We knew the quality of Scotland and their performances over the past two or three years but we have shown we can compete – we must remember that.

"For the moment, something is missing but I think we are not very far away.

"Last Saturday was a little more cruel and less deserved. This time, our own mistakes cost us the victory.

"Scotland was able to change the game in the last quarter of an hour. Yes, they won it but we lost it too, because of our indiscipline.

"We committed seven or eight penalties in the second half and five or six in the last 20 minutes.

"Those mistakes made us lose control of the game and allowed the Scots to level the score before moving ahead."

Les Bleus have a week's break before hosting Italy at the Orange Velodrome on February 23.