Matt Williams' side left the field nursing a sense of injustice after crucial decisions went against them in the 16-9 loss, with an Ally Hogg try disallowed and Jon Petrie sin-binned late on.

However, Bulloch is urging his men to focus now on the visit of Ireland to Murrayfield on Saturday.

He said: Driving home on Sunday I realised what a missed chance it was for us.

There are not many Scottish players who have been to Paris and come away with a win and as the years go by I feel that it was a huge opportunity for myself and the players around me.

We have had a look at a few of those controversial decisions but I think that its important now to concentrate on a very tough game against Ireland.

If we moan to each other and the media and get bogged down in it all then our performance will suffer.

What's happened has happened, the result stands and there is nothing we can do about it.

We've got to go on and prepare accordingly for Ireland because it is going to be a tough game for our boys.

Bulloch admitted that the Scots had contributed to their own downfall in Paris with some carelessness, but he feels it was another performance which proved the teams steady improvement.

He said: We have to hold our hands up to some mistakes. We've got systems and if we stay inside them then it gives us a chance of cutting down our mistakes.

On the odd occasion we strayed outside, we gave them chances and they took them.

Obviously we haven't had our troubles to seek in the last 12 months with regards results, but I think we have seen a steady increase in performance.

We've never had that 80-minute performance, but in Matt's time in charge that's the closest we have come.

We have got three home games in a row now and it's a great opportunity for us.

We are eager to get back on the park and hopefully against the Irish we can take the next step and get a win.''