Hamish Watson cannot even remember Scotland's last win in Paris - but he would love to surpass the country's history boys.

The Scots have not triumphed on French soil since Jim Telfer's side claimed the last ever Five Nations title 18 years ago.

Edinburgh flanker Watson was only seven years old when a side containing the likes of Gregor Townsend, Kenny Logan and Gary Armstrong ran in five first-half tries to leave Les Bleus stunned.

Watch: Six Nations chat: Scotland see off Ireland to end opening day hoodoo as France test awaits

But while that win may have come too early for him to register it, he is desperate to emulate the class of 1999 when his current crop take on France this Sunday.

He said: "I'm expecting good things from the Stade de France. I've never played there but have heard it's a great place to play.

"We obviously haven't won there for a long time but that is what we are concentrating on now.

"I'm not going to lie, I can't even remember the last time we won there in 1999. I'm sure it was a great game and we will try to do something similar this weekend.

"France away is tough for any team. We've beaten them at home a few times but this is a great opportunity for us to make some history by beating them over there."

Scotland will head across the Channel buoyed by Saturday's 27-22 win over Ireland.

But the result could have ended so differently had it not been for two try-saving tackles made by Watson during a breathless first-half at Murrayfield.

Watch: Six Nations chat: Scotland see off Ireland to end opening day hoodoo as France test awaits

He hauled down Sean O'Brien and then Paddy Jackson as they darted for the Scots' line, stopping them just in the nick of time.

And Watson admits that is all the warning Scotland need ahead of facing Guy Noves' men.

He said: "By no stretch of the imagination was it a perfect performance. There is a lot of stuff that individually I and all the other boys need to work on. There's stuff as a team that also needs brushing up.

"We made mistakes and probably should have put the game to bed a lot earlier.

"We had a chance just before half-time to stretch our lead even further but Ireland intercepted it.

"But what the performance does show is that we have the character you need to grind out the win."

And Watson admits Scotland will need to show similar levels of grit when they come up against the muscle-bound hosts this weekend.

"They are a big pack and will pose us a different threat to Ireland," he said. "We know they are going to scrum well and have been concentrating on that.

"But it's nothing we can't deal with, so I think it will go well."