( CNN ) -- France have won the Six Nations rugby title for the first time since 2007 following defending champions Ireland 's shock home defeat to Scotland on Saturday . The Irish needed to win by a big margin and then see Les Bleus handsomely defeated by England in the evening match to have a chance of retaining their crown . However , Scotland spoiled any hopes of a tense finale by snatching a 23-20 victory in the last rugby union match to be held at Dublin 's Croke Park as Dan Parks kicked a last-minute penalty for a personal haul of 18 points . France then defeated Martin Johnson 's much-criticized England team 12-10 in Paris to end the tournament with five wins from five , clinching their first such Grand Slam since 2004 . England led with a sixth-minute try from Ben Foden , but France built a 12-7 halftime advantage thanks to three penalties from Morgan Parra and a drop-goal by Francois Trinh-Duc . Jonny Wilkinson , dropped to the bench for only the third time in his 12-year career but brought on as a replacement for center Riki Flutey , kicked the only points of the second half . Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll scored an 11th minute try to give his side a perfect start , but Scotland moved into a 17-7 lead thanks to a try from No . 8 James Beattie and three penalties and a drop-goal from Parks . Tommy Bowe crossed for a controversial try to put Ireland level , awarded with 16 minutes to play despite appearing not to properly ground the ball , but Parks held his nerve to give the visitors their first win of the tournament . Scotland 's victory , coming after last weekend 's 15-15 draw with England , condemned Italy to bottom place . Wales finished fourth for the second year in a row after beating the Italians 33-10 in Cardiff earlier on Saturday , with center James Hook scoring two tries .
France win the Six Nations rugby title for the first time since 2007 . Ireland had to beat Scotland to have a chance of retaining title but lost to Scotland . France then beat England 12-10 in final game of tournament to clinch Grand Slam of wins . Comment: