Scotland coach Gregor Townsend praised the mindset of his players to keep attacking France in their extraordinary 50-40 Six Nations Championship victory at Murrayfield on Saturday that keeps their title hopes alive.
Scotland ran in seven tries, several of them from attacking lineouts where they could have taken the safer bet of shots at goal but instead were intent on turning the screw on the visitors that saw them at one stage score 40 unanswered points.
"It was a brilliant day," Townsend told the BBC.
"Not just the rugby we played, but the mindset to keep attacking, a lot of teams would sit on that lead against France.
"We know the best way of winning is playing like what got us that success in the first half."
Second-placed Scotland are now level with France on 16 points at the top of the Six Nations table but well behind on points difference.
They go to Ireland for their final fixture next Saturday, while the French host England.
"I believed in the team," Townsend said.
"Our game is built to put some of our best strike players in the game into space and they built phase after phase and grew in confidence."
It is a far cry from Scotland's demoralising opening 18-15 defeat by Italy in the rain in Rome last month, after which there were calls for Townsend to exit his role.
The team have since won three games in a row, including beating England.
"You need painful moments and defeat to make you the team you're going to be. Italy is part of the journey," Townsend said.
Their 50 points is the most Scotland have ever scored against France and they managed four tries against them in a Six Nations match for the first time since their 1999 title triumph.
"The tournament is not over for us yet. We have got ourselves an opportunity next week," Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu said.
"We have an air-tight changing room. We stuck together after that tough first round. We have rallied behind our coach and I can see the storylines changing.
"Anything is possible now. A lot of people wrote Ireland off too at the start of the tournament, but both of us are still in the championship."
France's Emmanuel Meafou conceded his side were outplayed, but will quickly refocus on the challenge of England.
"The Grand Slam was the goal, but we are still looking to win the competition," he said. "We will take this loss and get back to it next week and take on England.
"Scotland got on top us early in the first half, and then carried that on in the second. We gave ourselves too much of a hill to climb at the end, but credit to Scotland."
