Rugger international in which French score, holding second Scottish team (10)

Times Cryptic #28796 | 18 Across | 2023-12-26
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

VINGT (French score – 20) containing [holding] S (second), contained by [in] LION (rugby international). ‘The Lions’ is the nickname of various teams representing England and/or Great Britain internationally at Rugby Union or Rugby League . I also just discovered that ‘The Lions’ is the nickname of Livingston F.C. but this is probably not known widely enough for the setter to have  made use of it in the clue. Edit: There’s more about the town and the team in my first comment in the discussion.

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