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It's another Roman calamity for Wales gave themselves too much to | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
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Captain fantastic, what a stop for Italy! | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
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O'Driscoll... And over for the Fantastic footballing skills. He | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
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He's going to battle his way over the line. He is going to score, | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
deadly finish. Benjamin Fall is on target for France. Leigh Halfpenny | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
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France against Wales, but who will be miserable come 7pm? Coach | :02:30. | :02:39. | |
Philippe Saint-Andre hasn't wielded the axe, but players like Machenaud | :02:39. | :02:46. | |
on the press at the -- Michalak under pressure to play well. Sam | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
Warburton is replaced today. He is injured. | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
Welsh morale means restoring after eight defeats in a row and the | :02:57. | :03:04. | |
Welsh armband passes to Ryan Jones. Despite being routed in Rome, | :03:04. | :03:14. | |
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France make two changes but one is the return of the mighty mate. Mike | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
Phillips is one of those who has been doing his French homework. | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
hope we can stick it to the French. Welcome to a very cold Paris. I | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
know I am wearing a hat but these are not have got a blanket on. This | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
is a warm welcome to Clive, and you are heading up to the commentary | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
box, and Martyn Williams who scored two tries in 2005 when Wales were | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
on their way to winning the first clone Slam in 27 years. -- Grand | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
Slam. This is the position set-up. | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
Williams... Still going. And that is some start to the second half | :04:10. | :04:19. | |
It's a penalty again for Wales. Breathless, magnificent. They are | :04:19. | :04:27. | |
still going. Oh, and Martyn Williams has a second try. And the | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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match has been turned on its head Good times. It looks warmer that | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
day. How hard is it to win here? Look, it is very difficult. The | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
French, when they are in the mood, it can be impossible. If they don't | :04:48. | :04:56. | |
show up, it is not an impossible place to win. Ireland drew here | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
last year, England beat France last year. Nothing to lose and we are | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
hoping for a big performance. France didn't turn up last week, | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
did they? There were some shambolic plays from them. Italy were | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
fantastic. Credit to Italy. Watching it, you thought France | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
were not up there. I watched the game, we came back, and you could | :05:23. | :05:33. | |
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have picked 30, 40 times, what are players in that area. I always | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
liked to have two players on either touchline. The space is there. They | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
played into their hands. Now, this ball goes astray, these things | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
happen but he just kicked the ball away. The Italian line-out was | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
going well and he gives it. The defence is nowhere. If you are | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
attacking that line, bringing the defenders up further, you can do | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
more. And then, Michalak, he bottled it. This is probably the | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
worst incident. What Michalak. This summed up the team to me. He makes | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
a pretty poor tackle but watch him. Watch his body know which. His | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
walking back. This is like granddad playing. This is Six Nations. Italy | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
on attack. And he needs to organise the defence. He is in the wrong | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
position. It's unbelievable. I have watched this so many times. He is | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
just standing there! And the French prop has come on just behind the | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
referee and he's just pointing at him. There is no threat this side, | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
he should be flying to the other side. But he needs Michalak | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
organising. And you see the space, and then it to the fire away. | :06:58. | :07:06. | |
does it say, when you're watching us back, what do the team say? | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
is one of his better games! I think he's a great rugby player, but Mota | :07:11. | :07:19. | |
great stand-off. He plays No. 9 for too long and if he has a bad day, | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
If Wales can put pressure on him, and his head goes down, they have | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
no shape whatsoever. It is interesting he has been picked. | :07:32. | :07:41. | |
Today, he will have to have a big game. Last-chance saloon, surely. | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
Michalak hasn't got a great kicking game to get him out of trouble when | :07:45. | :07:53. | |
things are not going well. His defence will be tested. We will | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
have to see if he is up there. is a frustrating time to be a | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
French firm going up from world- beaters to being beaten last week. | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
We've been conducting our own Franks Inquisition. With the | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
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France was not Italy. I actually want to buy new players. A lot of | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
those guys haven't played together This is brilliant from Italy! Hears | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
the skipper, captain fantastic. What a start from Italy! | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
We lost, it happens. And we are very disappointed. | :08:45. | :08:54. | |
Can he slither in? Italy! There was a match last week? I am | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
sure what! This as a long-range drop-goal | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
attempt. It is good, it is excellent! | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
It is going to be difficult to win because Wales, there are difficult | :09:07. | :09:17. | |
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of team. Big team, big-match and Sir, the French firms doing Rudyard | :09:22. | :09:32. | |
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Kipling prowled. -- proud. Now this In is this an omen for today? The | :09:45. | :09:55. | |
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coin toss. Brian Jones on his record 30th time captaining. Tales | :09:55. | :10:05. | |
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for Wales never fails and it didn't today. How important is it for the | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
French crowd and for the teams coming out, if they turn on the | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
team, because they can lose patience. You can feel the shifting | :10:18. | :10:25. | |
momentum as a player. It is key to get off to a good start. Also, if | :10:25. | :10:33. | |
you don't get off to a good start, you need to stay with them. They | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
will start to get nervous if they don't score well. They need to get | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
off to a better start than last week but as long as the fans stay | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
with them... They don't sing regardless, do they? They will let | :10:45. | :10:53. | |
you know they are not happy. First 10 minutes, they are great singers, | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
but this pressure, of if the crowd is not happy, it happens. And they | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
are under pressure today. If Wales can stay with them, the crowd will | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
turn pretty quick. And this team looks pretty fragile. If Wales can | :11:11. | :11:19. | |
restart, it will be great. I think the atmosphere is amazing. You know | :11:19. | :11:28. | |
what you have to do. But when they are behind, you've got hold the | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
coat tails because anything can happen. Both sides need to start | :11:31. | :11:40. | |
well. France, well, they've both got to come out with both gowns | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
blazing. Can Philippe Saint-Andre give us a game plan? We caught up | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
with him earlier. Your captain has talked about the team being angry. | :11:50. | :11:57. | |
Are they still angry? They looked relaxed. I hope so, but we know it | :11:57. | :12:04. | |
will be a tough game against Wales. We respect them a lot. We need to | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
be more clinical and a bit more precise about what we did. Wales | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
started poorly against Ireland last week. Do you expect them to come | :12:13. | :12:20. | |
flying out of the traps of this week's it'll be OK for us if they | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
do the same this week. We know it will be difficult. We know it will | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
not be easy. We need to be concentrated and tried to be | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
precise because we did too many mistakes last week. We played a | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
very open and loose game. We need to be very well-organised. Good | :12:43. | :12:51. | |
luck to you. Thank you very much. This is the team were that Philippe | :12:51. | :13:00. | |
Saint-Andre has gone with today. Pascale Pope is out injured. They | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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need to get on the front foot. he will try to get them on the | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
front foot. Now this is what is going to happen for them. Machenaud | :13:23. | :13:32. | |
or Michalak, could or put? And then Bastareaud, the ball carrier. | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
Hopefully, these three in the game, actually, I am surprised that | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
Fofana is on the wing, hopefully he will be involved more. Michalak has | :13:43. | :13:50. | |
kept his place, which will surprise that. Do you get that? I can see | :13:50. | :13:59. | |
why. Bastareaud and Roberts borough clash. We are showing you how | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
different they are. The offload is there. Bastareaud is offload | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
whereas Roberts will hit the ground. But I still think Fofana should be | :14:11. | :14:18. | |
in the centre partnering Bastareaud. Back to Michalak, he is playing | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
nine. After all we said about him, he's probably going to be Man of | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
the Match today, but Wales have to target him and if he loses | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
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confidence, that is where the game could turn. Bastareaud and Regiment | :14:36. | :14:45. | |
Rack are big men. -- Picamoles. He will get lazy. They won't be moving | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
up with the back line so they have up with the back line so they have | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
to target them. With all the analysis, the French back line | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
which I think is on paper a world- class back line, they will fancy | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
their chances here. If they get a quick ball, I see great | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
opportunities for their own. There has been a lot of talk about the | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
exodus of Welsh players going to France. So, they have many Spies | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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plying their trade there. So now, Obviously, hurting a great deal | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
after the last game. Obviously coming into the tournament as | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
champions and losing the first game at home, it is, you know, it is | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
devastating really, and you know frustrating the way we started the | :15:50. | :15:59. | |
game. Yes, we want to replay the game again, but you can't. Yeah, I | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
have enjoyed it. I think it has been a nice change. I wanted to try | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
French rugby and thing, and you know the French way of life is | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
great, a you know, I am settled in quite well. The rugby is a bit | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
different. It is very much forward orientated and kicking, and, er, | :16:18. | :16:26. | |
and what not, so it is a slower game, I think. Very tactical, a lot | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
different to Wales play on the field. But it is good to have sort | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
of that, you know difference and hopefully I can develop different | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
parts of miff game which is good. A lot of pressure on me, I am the | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
only current international over there. They expect me to produce | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
the goods every game. Especially going over after the back of a good | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
World Cup for myself, there is a lot of expectation on my shoulders | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
but that is nice as well. It is a chance to be grow and to show | :16:53. | :17:02. | |
people, and you know, that is what it is all about, isn't it. No, I | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
have always as a kid grown up, the likes of Steve Jones and Gareth | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
Thomas going to France and I fancied doing that myself and | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
getting, you know, new perspective on rugby, and you know, even trying | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
to learn the language, which is difficult. But I have no regrets. | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
None at all, so it is an amazing club with amazing supporter, and | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
history. They are so passionate about their rugby, they have a lot | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
of things right, and you know, hopefully they can develop as well, | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
and it will be good. From a Welsh point of view, we have to be | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
confident, obviously we will have to go to France, expecting a win, | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
and hoping to win, and I think if we produce our best stuff for the | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
80 minutes we can do that. Beat them last year, you know, we have | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
to tart well and build a performance slowly, and their | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
forwards are pretty good, to be fair. They will start the game | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
strongly, strong set pieces, but yes, you know, playing in France, | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
it will be special for me, and to play over in France international | :18:10. | :18:20. | |
game and hopefully can stick it to the French. So he is in the squad | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
and looking to impress their French paymasters, who play they're | :18:24. | :18:31. | |
domestic rugby over here. There are a few of then, six in total. Jamie | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
Roberts will Joan them next season. Advantage, disadvantages?. | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
advantage for the individual, I think it helps as a personal | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
experience, player wise you become a better player, as a group for | :18:43. | :18:49. | |
Wales, it is not good. They lose Rob Howley, the staff lose control | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
over them. There is no game, those boys go back to the French clubs | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
and have to play, so it affects them in that form. I know Rob | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
Howley has an issue with the conditioning. It is interesting | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
what Mike was saying about the French rugby being slow, it is the | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
opposite how you imagine French rugby you think of this flair, | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
quick game. It is played slower than we think. That is what is | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
amazing, we have this myth it is open and fast. The way Wales are | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
playing, you think that is what attracted them. France, it is | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
structured, forward orientated. It amazing the boy how slow it is. | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
They have gone for the money, simple. That is the big incentive. | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
You are looking at Mike Philip, he has been criticised because he | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
hasn't been playing well. If you loon aBayonne they have a massive | :19:42. | :19:48. | |
pack, they play a slow rolling, and I think it is very difficult all of | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
a sud to switch it and turn the switch and play international rugby. | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
I feel because of the injuries in Wales, you know, the lack of | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
competition in the squad training. Rob Howley needs all his team, not | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
just the players based in France to have a big game. It hasn't gone | :20:03. | :20:10. | |
well since he has taken over as interim coach. Six defeats from six. | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
He has known happier days as a player in 2001, scoring a brilliant | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
individual try, as he did on so many occasion, for Wales and the | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
various clubs he played for, he might want to channel some of that | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
towards his players today, as they look to right the wrongs of the | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
autumn and the summer. Jason caught up with him earlier. Rob, given | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
that you are on this poor run of form, I would imagine it has ban | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
tough week? Yes, there has been an intensity and edge as there should | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
be. It focuses the mind when you loose at home. We showed enough in | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
the second half performances, to transferring that performance from | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
the second half to start well, that has been the major focus this week. | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
The boys have trained we trained well. What a great stadium. It is | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
time to play some rugby here. remember you scoring a fantastic | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
try in 2001. You will need the spirit and flair to beat this | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
French team out it? There is a time you want to play. That is key | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
tonight our patience will be important, and you know, the | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
unforced errors in the first 40 minutes of the game, you know t | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
players spoke about that, talked about our line speed in defence it | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
is important we put the French team when we haven't got the ball under | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
pressure, when we have the ball we are composed and playing in the | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
right areas. Wish you the best. Thank you. I guess is his dilemma | :21:39. | :21:49. | |
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is how is he going to make that possession count? Andrew Coombs | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
debut was outstanding. It is another step up today. The back row, | :21:58. | :22:05. | |
there is no Sam Warburton. Justin Tipuric, talk about him back homes, | :22:05. | :22:12. | |
expect a good game from him. Mike needs a big game. Dan Biggar grew | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
into the game last week. Huge day for Jamie Roberts as captain. Bast | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
will be one to watch. -- Mathieu Bastareaud. The back three. They | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
are all lions in the summer I feel. A good score. We need no get these | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
guys a ball as early as possible. It is the kind of situation, they | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
came from the World Cup where they were strong. A brilliant Grand Slam | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
and perhaps second season syndrome for lots of the players who burst | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
on the scene young, not that much experience yet, but this is another | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
experience for them. It is a step up, but I like the look of the | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
Welsh team, as Martin said, the back three Halfpenny Cuthbert and | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
North. They have to play. I think they have nothing to lose. After | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
losing their first game, the conditions are great, it is a bit | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
cold. They are world class players but they have to believe this and | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
keep it going. They had a shocking first half last week. After that | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
they showed they can play. I think they can cause an upset. I think | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
what Rob said, although they were that far behind, if they had the | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
composure they could still have sneaked that game. They needed to | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
take the penalties. They took the wrong decision. It is that lack of | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
confidence because of the run of defeats they are on. That has been | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
the problem. If nay can get a good start, confidence comes back. | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
big difference Ireland dominate us in the contact areas but France, I | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
don't think will be nowhere as near as good as what Ireland were. | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
Hopefully we can get a quicker ball an get our backs into the ball game | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
earlier. Jamie Roberts 50th cap today. It is a squad full of | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
experience, full of excitement. The potential to burst out, he said | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
they were up for it. They were disappointed after last week. They | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
trained well a fortnight before the Ireland game. They are desperate as | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
well. They want to show everybody how good they R but I think these | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
are desperate as well, so it will be a fascinating game. They had | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
such a great couple of seasons, now, you know, they have put themselves | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
in this position, and I agree with Clive, I think the calibre in the | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
side, you know, they can come here and get a result, and then kick on, | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
but it is about getting a good start. They made so many mistakes | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
and tonne overs last yie, cannot do that at international level. If | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
they cut the mistakes out, this could be a classic. I think eight | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
on the bounce now, this, it gets to the situation sthra, to get this | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
one win and turn the thing round. I think they are in good shape. I | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
think they have a strong team. But, both coaches are backs against the | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
wall today and tonight, so it is a fascinating next couple of hours. | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
The atmosphere building here, the tension rising, the temperature | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
definitely not rising. It is a cold evening here in Paris. A warm | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
reception though for the French team as they make it own for their | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
first home game of the Six Nations. The first 20 minutes you sense is | :25:16. | :25:26. | |
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I am sure they get off to a big have lost to Wales here at the | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
Stade Francais, do you think this Welsh team can beat this talented | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
French side tonight? I don't know. I hope not. I hope the French are | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
going to bring the passion, going to bring a lot of power on the game, | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
and for sure, they have to do more than what they did in Italy last | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
weekend. We talked about Wales getting a good start. What is it | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
like as a French player? Do you feel the pressure from the crowd | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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Definitely. I think the pressure from the crowd is amazing. | :26:46. | :26:48. | |
# Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad. | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
# Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed. # Gwlad, gwlad. | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
# Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad. # Tra mor yn fur i'r bur hoff bau. | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
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# Allons enfants de la Patrie. # Le jour de gloire est arrive! | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
# Contre nous de la tyrannie. # L'etendard sanglant est leve. | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
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# L'etendard sanglant est leve! # Entendez-vous dans les campagnes. | :28:08. | :28:16. | |
# Mugir ces feroces soldats. # Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras. | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
# Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes! | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
# Aux armes, citoyens. # Formez vos bataillons. | :28:25. | :28:29. | |
# Marchons, marchons! # Qu'un sang impur. | :28:29. | :28:39. | |
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up to the commentary box to join Andrew. Good evening gentlemen. | :28:56. | :29:01. | |
songs of defiance from two sides. The critics close at hand and a | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
Parisien crowd not one to spare the French. In earlier days it would | :29:06. | :29:12. | |
have been a mass cull, not today. Philippe Saint-Andre is his message | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
is at tone for your misdeeds in Rome. It is just about the same | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
side. Just one change. Pascal Pape hasn't recovered from his back | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
injury. His place goes to Jocelino Suta. Captains duties pass to | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
Dusautoir deuce. One change on the back row, Mathieu Bastareaud will | :29:34. | :29:41. | |
bring his gentle ways. As for Wales, Rob Howley is largely keeping the | :29:41. | :29:46. | |
faith but Richard Hibbard will try and brang his form. -- bring his | :29:46. | :29:56. | |
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international from 1996 with a euro Rum, who has multiple sclerosis. -- | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
with a young man. George Clancy is the man in charge of this one. We | :30:34. | :30:39. | |
talk about this -- the noise in my Stade de France. It comes and goes | :30:39. | :30:45. | |
but in the first few minutes, it is going to be growled as Biggar gets | :30:45. | :30:55. | |
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us under way. The road to Wesley Fofana. A good start for | :31:03. | :31:13. | |
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Wales, they have the line-out great atmosphere here. Perfect | :31:18. | :31:28. | |
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conditions for rugby. A good start not sure which the first to mock, | :31:33. | :31:43. | |
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was there. -- the first more com. Have a look at the two hookers. | :31:47. | :31:57. | |
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only jealous, Andrew. No, I'm not. from George Clancy. Look at the | :32:05. | :32:15. | |
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pitch coming up. That is a vicious. The pitch was covered last night | :32:20. | :32:26. | |
with the plastic covering but there was a lot of water lying on it. | :32:26. | :32:34. | |
There's a lot of flooding in Paris last night, chaos with the traffic. | :32:34. | :32:44. | |
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Last week, France's line-out was Holding on to the ball on the floor. | :33:12. | :33:20. | |
Again now, Dan Biggar putting us in an attacking position. I fear for | :33:20. | :33:23. | |
this pitch by the end of the match. There could that damage done | :33:23. | :33:29. | |
already. I agree. It looks in fantastic condition but then, look, | :33:29. | :33:39. | |
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it is cutting up. No, that was a great drive. The drive is bomb. | :33:40. | :33:50. | |
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Oh, no, non com. A great position. A great start by Wales, no doubt | :34:14. | :34:24. | |
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straight through to the forward. That is why they needed a great | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
ball. And a quick ball. Poor placement on the floor, there. It | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
gives the opportunity away. That would have been a great position | :34:40. | :34:49. | |
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scrum-half. That was a good scrum from France. An easy kick for him. | :34:59. | :35:06. | |
No pressure on him whatsoever. A very good clearing kick. Just watch | :35:06. | :35:11. | |
- they turn the welch around, get their heads up on the right hand | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
side, Picamoles picks him, and it is an easy clearing kick for the | :35:16. | :35:26. | |
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to the momentum. The little not -- these internationals are all about | :36:10. | :36:20. | |
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it. Danger on here. He goes through the middle, or tries to, Ouedraogo. | :37:00. | :37:09. | |
The electricity around the stadium. He wasn't expecting that pass. That | :37:09. | :37:15. | |
is a great tackle and a turnover. Wales staying in the French half, | :37:15. | :37:25. | |
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good tackle, wraps him up, his forwards come in. They will be | :37:38. | :37:44. | |
happy with that, 46% play. They would have liked a few points from | :37:44. | :37:54. | |
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the pressure in the past few is going to be Welsh ball. Very | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
lucky, Wales. Good driver. Very rarely do you see a scrum go | :38:56. | :39:06. | |
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against the head. But Picamoles they are playing rugby again. | :39:34. | :39:42. | |
Screaming again. That is poor. I don't know who is to blame. You | :39:42. | :39:47. | |
need to get communication right. He goes in, that is poor execution. He | :39:47. | :39:55. | |
will be unhappy with that. As ever, at every time Adam Jones goes down | :39:55. | :40:03. | |
injured, the whole of Wales holds its breath. Yes, the reserves are | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
limited. Martyn Williams, what do you make of the opening nine | :40:06. | :40:16. | |
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All the ball has been in the French half. It is little more Com's in | :40:28. | :40:36. | |
the line-out, miscommunication. The French look a bit disorganised | :40:36. | :40:40. | |
again. They need to get some points. It is no good having territory | :40:40. | :40:50. | |
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without points. Absolutely. Adam - off and running again. Penalty to | :41:06. | :41:16. | |
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Clancy did shout whether or not we have shown what he did and | :41:40. | :41:45. | |
didn't do last week. And you know that Picamoles is going to be such | :41:45. | :41:55. | |
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from Bastareaud. -- that was a big turnover. There is the tackle. Not | :42:47. | :42:57. | |
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much use of the poll was there. -- damn. France have a scrum. That is | :43:48. | :43:54. | |
rather stodgy play and good defensive work by Wales. It is, but | :43:54. | :43:58. | |
you know Bastareaud will go down the 10th. You've got to close him | :43:58. | :44:06. | |
down as quickly as they can. It is very strappy at the moment. No real | :44:06. | :44:16. | |
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pattern. No opportunities created start so far. As we've said, with | :44:31. | :44:35. | |
possession and territory, they will want a few points. They may get | :44:35. | :44:44. | |
them now. Wales guilty of going down. That is a slight worry for | :44:44. | :44:50. | |
the Welsh at the moment. The French scrum, in a scrappy start, has | :44:50. | :44:54. | |
looked quite dominant. They haven't been in an attacking position to | :44:54. | :45:01. | |
take advantage of it until this opportunity but anything near the | :45:01. | :45:11. | |
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Welsh try-line, that looks very stand off at Toulon because Jonny | :45:21. | :45:24. | |
Wilkinson is there. He is not kicking there because of Wilkinson | :45:24. | :45:30. | |
either. Ideal preparation, but a good kicker. Very short run up. Two | :45:30. | :45:40. | |
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foorbgts in their own 22 for much of the opening 15 minutes have the | :45:50. | :46:00. | |
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first points. First scoring opportunity. There is the shot for | :46:03. | :46:07. | |
Gardening World! That is ugly. So Michalak, with the first penalty of | :46:07. | :46:17. | |
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on the half way line. Leigh Halfpenny has a good boot on him. | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
think he will have a crack from here. He is walking across. No, | :46:47. | :46:57. | |
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but just. It is a very cold evening. It makes a difference and Biggar | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
has found a beautiful touch. That is a fantastic kick. That is a | :47:03. | :47:08. | |
great kick by Dan Biggar. I thought by the reaction of the French | :47:08. | :47:14. | |
winger, he might have kicked it dead, but that is a superb kick. | :47:14. | :47:19. | |
Now then, can the Welsh capitalise on that kick? Look at the position | :47:19. | :47:29. | |
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shirts forwards. Still in control though. A great counter drive by | :47:41. | :47:51. | |
trans, but still in control. -- France. Jones feeds it on. In comes | :47:51. | :48:01. | |
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Jamie Roberts. There is another they will come back for that | :48:08. | :48:15. | |
penalty. Not the try they were looking for, but may well be three | :48:15. | :48:25. | |
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point, and a talking to coming up. Well, take the three points. That | :48:25. | :48:32. | |
is what they will do. Confidence from that passage of play as well.. | :48:32. | :48:42. | |
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Yes, it started from a fantastic French, but Wales keeping hold of | :48:48. | :48:56. | |
the ball. That is a very good drive, there is the break. Was it a | :48:56. | :49:04. | |
penalty for a high shot? Not sure. This should be a very easy three | :49:04. | :49:14. | |
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between the two sides. Wales have had most of the play. Definitely. | :49:26. | :49:36. | |
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The one big worry is that scrum though. Did that say Wales on her | :49:39. | :49:49. | |
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really creating opportunities. The ball has been slowed down | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
effectively by both sets of forwards. No real attacking | :50:07. | :50:17. | |
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noise of the crowd picks up and again. He is powering his way | :51:23. | :51:33. | |
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forward. Still they come. Michalak. Machenaud stays on his feet. Huget. | :51:34. | :51:38. | |
Great covering tackle by Halfpenny. Had to give it. Still with France, | :51:38. | :51:46. | |
though. And Machenaud scoops it behind Michalak. Welsh Jerseys pour | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
into try and secure it.. I think they turned the ball over. That was | :51:50. | :51:56. | |
a two on one for a moment. For France, but they lost the ball. And | :51:56. | :52:06. | |
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lost their chance. Halfpenny hoofs Michalak, inside ball. Good run and | :52:21. | :52:30. | |
it gets stuck. There is the two on one. He had to give it. Great | :52:30. | :52:36. | |
tackle by Halfpenny, but that was the missed opportunity. Picamoles's, | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
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it is not Picamoles, sorry. Maestri. And there is the acceleration. He | :52:47. | :52:52. | |
spots Faletau on the outside. He pins his ears back and goes. They | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
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thon ball. I thought it was a knock an buff Cuthbert. His number is | :53:27. | :53:32. | |
left. If he goes wide. I can't believe it hasn't gone left. Still | :53:32. | :53:37. | |
short on the right hand side. They have slowed it down now. Szarzewski, | :53:37. | :53:47. | |
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Jones has done a great job. That is brilliant. They have got the ball | :54:10. | :54:16. | |
Wales. That is brilliant work by Ryan Jones. I tell you, turn over | :54:16. | :54:20. | |
ball, they were really under the cosh. This is a former winger | :54:20. | :54:30. | |
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reacting to a two on one not being car, nodding away there! We will | :54:37. | :54:41. | |
leave the windows open for him. two of them bg look. Two great | :54:41. | :54:51. | |
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wingers. They had a chance of a few overlaps, and there was no general | :54:51. | :54:56. | |
at standoff to orchestrate it. They had so many numb tpwoerns left hand | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
side but, the ball went to one of the forwards. Numbers on the left | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
hand side. He took it up and then the great tackle by Ryan Joan, | :55:05. | :55:13. | |
turns the ball over. I think we are having a break for some treatment. | :55:13. | :55:22. | |
I think Gethin Jenkins was receiving some. Some great defence | :55:22. | :55:32. | |
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by Wales. Justin Tipuric being strapped up. Incidentally he is of | :55:35. | :55:42. | |
Croatian defence. Much debate before this match about whether he | :55:42. | :55:51. | |
would be wearing a seven shirt any way. What do you think might have | :55:51. | :55:58. | |
happened? Yes, I think that they might have put Sam on to the blind | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
side. Maybe used the option of Ryan Joans on the bench, but Ryan Jones | :56:03. | :56:09. | |
has made an impact so far. A lot of the Ospreys boys are going well. A | :56:09. | :56:17. | |
great scrum. That is happening for Wales. I can't work this crowd. The | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
French looked as they they were dominant. Sometimes you feel as if | :56:21. | :56:31. | |
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they switch off and lose from Lansdowne Road. It has been so | :57:00. | :57:10. | |
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at the moment. They will be forcing Wales back. They are not getting | :58:27. | :58:34. | |
over the gain line. Consumes looked adds if he might have spilled it | :58:34. | :58:44. | |
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there. -- Coombs. The French should be happy with that, because the | :58:46. | :58:50. | |
Welsh recycled ball but they didn't go anywhere. They are kicking a bit | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
too far they will be happy they have forced Wales into the kick, | :58:54. | :58:58. | |
because they didn't get over that gain line, didn't get front | :58:58. | :59:06. | |
football. Huget's kick is an odd one. So Wales get a chance to come | :59:06. | :59:16. | |
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Will it bounce kindly? No, unlucky. Just put a bit of spin on and it | :59:19. | :59:23. | |
spun the wrong way. Very good option, just unfortunate on the | :59:23. | :59:29. | |
bounce. We will come back for the 22. Again, much of the play seems | :59:29. | :59:39. | |
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has been running high and they've making headwind, but will there be | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
chinks? That was a good option in the end because all they can do is | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
bring it into touch. Good option, kick the ball in play, make the | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
French full-back, and know they have the throat in. Lovely kick, | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
lovely defensive line again, good chase, no option. A chance for | :01:07. | :01:17. | |
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Wales. They've been here before, got to use it now. Oh, stolen. | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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Jonathan Davies was there to kick it. Machenaud is waiting for it, | :02:23. | :02:32. | |
Michalak things he sees some space. Poor option once again by Michalak. | :02:32. | :02:40. | |
He had to go left. Again, his kicking out a hand has been poor, | :02:40. | :02:50. | |
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Michalak. His decision making has There's the turnover. Michalak goes | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
away with it. George North tries to market. Jonathan Davies... Very | :03:06. | :03:16. | |
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handy being a left-footer. A great Within Michalak's range. Looking to | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
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They will come back for the French penalty. This will be interesting. | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
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No, he's not going for goal, it is too far for him. A decent enough | :04:39. | :04:49. | |
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kick. Takes them inside the Wales at 10, but he has never quite | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
convinced. He is a good footballer, but I don't think he's in good | :05:01. | :05:11. | |
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stand-off, I'm afraid. He's a France. Good drive, Goodbody angles. | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
The ball at the back, he's controlling it. They've got to use | :05:31. | :05:41. | |
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it. It is broken up. Szarzewski was at the heart of that. They are | :05:41. | :05:51. | |
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ball France. It is met by boos by the Stade de France. A likeable | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
work by Gethin Jenkins. Stays on his feet, gets his hands on the | :06:06. | :06:16. | |
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ball. Picamoles is isolated for a split second. So, Dan Biggar to | :06:18. | :06:26. | |
clear again for Wales. That was a bad one off her right foot, not | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
much of an angle. Three points apiece, only six minutes remaining | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
in his first half. It's been an intriguing first half. Wales have | :06:38. | :06:48. | |
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weekend of the RBS Six Nations Championship and then go on to win | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
the competition was France and both sides still entertaining that | :06:58. | :07:07. | |
prospect. Much debate in France about the demands of the clubs and | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
how the French players are a little bit fatigued by the time they play | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
for France. I think somebody is getting some stitching. Or they are | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
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side are made up of Toulouse. It is not easy for France and for | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :07:48. | :09:34. | |
well. That was not a great That is what you want. Pick a lazy | :09:34. | :09:44. | |
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runner, pick afford out. -- pick a Wales seeking their first try | :10:02. | :10:12. | |
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nuisance. It slows down again for Wales. There is no full-back in the | :10:26. | :10:36. | |
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of. Wales are keeping hold of the ball well. Picamoles was offside. | :10:46. | :10:56. | |
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was much better available for them their 4th stop they have to keep | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
the ball. They've done it well. They have to be patient. They have | :11:17. | :11:23. | |
had the opportunity. Huget gets involved a lot. He chases the kicks. | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
You need a big in-goal area to communicate with the outside backs, | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
get a grubber in, and they will hold the defensive line speed a | :11:33. | :11:41. | |
little bit. They've got to be aware of this. Wales have got a lot of | :11:41. | :11:48. | |
possession and territory but still 3-3. Now, Gethin Jenkins is getting | :11:48. | :11:58. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :11:58. | :12:39. | |
stitched up. Two minutes to go in here for Wales to win. Why are they | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
running at Bastareaud? He is going to smash you over. Not the wisest | :12:44. | :12:51. | |
thing to do. Get on the outside of him. Penalty to Wales. They will | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
have the last position in this first half. Good kick now, field | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
position, just come our way with some points. A greater opportunity | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
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they might still get something from a line-out. Here is the double hit. | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
There we are. Both back-row forwards again, to back-row | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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forwards, Picamoles makes the passage of play. -- the clock. | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
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end. They've really struggled to get over that gain-line. They | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
stopped creating opportunities. They've not gone forward. They have | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
to look at that. The French Defence has been dominant. Wales might be | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
quite happy, 3-3, but everything to play for in the second half. | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
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could have been better for Wales side. Jamie Roberts led his side | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
out for his ath cap. France sucked up the pressure waerls putting on | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
them and went into the lead. Michalak three points on the board. | :15:37. | :15:43. | |
A good play from Wales led Leigh Halfpenny to get the points. | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
Philippe Saint-Andre played every ball, passage of play! It is a | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
tense old game, being a coach. Sir Clive will attest to that. Let us | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
look at the stats. France, you would think with the possession | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
they had, and the gain line and the nact were making more yards as well, | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
would have got more from that. They will be disappointed. Early on it | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
was played in the French 22, but they didn't get anything from it. | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
So a fairly even half. Very little in it. Like, I say, Wales haven't | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
create add golden opportunity. France had a two on one and they | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
France had a two on one and they blue it. Blew it. France look | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
dangerous with momentum. Wales are doing a good job at the tackle area, | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
slowing them down and France is struggling to get the quick ball. | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
totally different first half for Wales. Rob Howley perhaps most | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
pleased at xoem sure in times when they were under pressure. It is | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
like a heavyweight boxing match. Two good teams. Both stepped up | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
from last weekend. France have been excellent. Their defence is | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
excellent. Wales have nudged it. The score line doesn't reflect the | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
game. The defensive line has been huge. Interesting with trans, slow | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
ball, they are not a great team. When they get the fast ball, they | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
play it at different pace. But the Welsh defence has the been | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
outstanding, and I think we have a great second half to come. Talking | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
of heavyweight, Bastareaud who is one of the changes, Philippe Saint- | :17:13. | :17:19. | |
Andre has made to this line up, has made his presence felt.. Some of | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
the contacts he is doing, he is 17, 17-and-a-half stone, what is | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
disappointing me a bit, I think Jonathan said in commentary, they | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
are going at him. They are running at him. Whether it is to try and | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
make him tackle and wear him out. He is a physical man. I think both | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
defences have been on top, they have gone for the choke tackle, | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
which has been the friend in in six nation, and it is -- trend. It is | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
difficult to get a quick ball. Highlighting him here. Whether he | :17:47. | :17:55. | |
has the ball or defending, he is so difficult to stop. He has a low | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
centre of gravity. Very difficult to get to the floor. This is | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
dangerous. Wales have done well in stopping the off road so far, that | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
two on one that, might come back to haunt them. It was a great | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
opportunity. This is just, Wales, opportunity. This is just, Wales, | :18:10. | :18:12. | |
if you can stop it there. This is an opportunity can we stop it there, | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
to target Bastareaud. He is the outside man. He is panicking, he | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
will worry about his pace, he will worry about Leigh Halfpenny, George | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
North. There is an opportunity you. Can see him in the distance waving | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
his arm. A bit panicky By the time the ball has got there the inside | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
men have covered his shoulder. You have to take those opportunities | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
when they arise. It will be interesting to see, in rugby, raise | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
there is analysis going on, whether they the get what is happening in | :18:43. | :18:49. | |
the dressing roop. The French defensive line is up flat. Wales | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
keep running, they are recyclinging, but they are not going anywhere. If | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
you put the ball behind it, it holds them back for the next phase, | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
even if you don't score. Can they get the right message into the | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
team? This game is here for the taking. Huget is not an out-and-out | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
15. The ball is on the floor. We saw it last workers they don't want | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
to fall on it and they don't like the grubbers behind them. Some good | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
kicking from Dan Biggar. This is him running, first of all. He has | :19:21. | :19:27. | |
had a great first half. Where Wales have a definite sej the kicking | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
game. The French kicking, I think Clive will show later with Michalak, | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
he is not the greatest. He has bossed the game we believe, he had | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
a great kick into touch. He has had a positive start. That was early | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
thoorpbgs was his only error, the kicking game, that takes a lot of | :19:46. | :19:48. | |
bottle. That can get egg on your face, that put him in position. | :19:48. | :19:55. | |
That is where they got the three points from. The kicking game all | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
round. Philips and Biggar have shaded the frens game. I think he | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
has had an awesome game. Biggar has been good. That is the kick that | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
turns them again. That is what is put tong fresh pressure. They keep | :20:06. | :20:11. | |
turning, the gaps are there, and this is one poor kick, we have to | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
show both sides of the game. That is his only error. He got a lot of | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
stick last week but he has fronted up. Rob kept faith, there was talk | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
he would be dropped. But he has shown today why. You have the | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
beauty of James Hook on the bench. He is playing well. On the flip | :20:33. | :20:40. | |
side the much maligned Michalak, any improvement from him today? | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
Watch this. I mean this drives the coach mad, I can promise you. You | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
just can't give the ball away in those positions to a team like | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
Wales. The chips and they gave him a hard time in the build up. I | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
thought he was going to prove us wrong. But he hands. He has not | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
threatened the Welsh team at all. His kicking game has been really | :21:03. | :21:09. | |
poor. You know, Biggar is just so far ahead of him at the moment. I | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
still can't believe France haven't got a better number ten. They have | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
to go on the bench. Trinh-Duc is quality. The longer he stays on the | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
bench is betterer from Wales point of view. Is the coach saying I will | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
prove you right? You are picking your team and you have the whole of | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
France saying pick Trinh-Duc, there is part of you saying no. I think | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
they could play a different game in the middle. They have to get the | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
right players who are playing out here, the position they normally | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
play at the weekends and Michalak is a nine at the moment. It is | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
showing. They take pride, that they can play their players in different | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
positionings. Every time you see a French team, the number nine or ten, | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
Michalak, nine or ten, Parra nine or ten, it is like this guy, second | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
row, back row, no. That doesn't happen. You know, so I think they | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
have to sort this out. I think Parra should be playing now. Trinh- | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
Duc should be at ten. The proposition, stick to it and get it | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
played. We haven't had a try yet but there was 16 in the opening | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
weekend and there were plenty at Murrayfield this afternoon as | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
Scotland were victorious. Hogg showed why it wasn't Italy's day. | :22:31. | :22:40. | |
Parisse. The Scottish defence holds firm. He has got away. Inside. He | :22:40. | :22:46. | |
needs support and it is intercepted by Hogg. What can he do. He can go | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
all the way! He has the pace. Stuart Hogg is clear all the way to | :22:53. | :22:55. | |
the line. That is another sensational score from the Scottish | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
full back. Great interception and it leaves the table looking like | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
this, after four completed matches. Of course France and Wales yet to | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
be completed but two points each for Italy, Scotland and Ireland and | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
of course Ireland England face each other tomorrow. Coverage starts | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
2.25. Something has to give. England have an unchanged line up | :23:22. | :23:29. | |
torges which was good news for twelve twelve. -- Billy twelve | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
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trees. Raise I saw you smined at a possible Lions contender this week, | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
does that seem possible? It's a cliche, you have to toe kus on this | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
week. Coming into the squad I was please Todd to be named in the | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
squad. To play against Scotland was one thing to, get another | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
opportunity this workers I will be stupid to look ahead. The whole | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
hype round who is going to be where didn't affect us in the squad. We | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
tpwhee is best for the team. What we want to do to get better. I | :24:06. | :24:10. | |
think I wanted to get my head down, train hard and what happened | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
against Scotland is done and dusted and all I can do is focus on | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
training, and what the coach's feedback was, so from that side I | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
feedback was, so from that side I was confident in what I had done. | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
Much talk from you, you would have gone with Manu Tuilagi. Is he lucky | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
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to play? No I said I would play him twelve trees. He is the first | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
player where you have the real passing and kicking skills you nied | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
in modern day rugby at 12. The pick at outside centre, you go with the | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
coach's ical. You are making his calls from afar. He has gone with | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
the team that won. Look at the interview there. I think the | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
England team are coming over so well. The modesty and the way they | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
are coming across, individually and collectively. We have our views on | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
selection, but you go with the coach's team. He knows the inner | :25:12. | :25:20. | |
works. Manu Tuilagi coming on. I think England are going to, | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
midfield there, but let's face it, the guys are up against Sexton, | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
D'Arcy O'Driscoll. It will be fascinating to see how the young | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
guys face up tomorrow. It is going to be a great encounter. You can | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
see it on BBC One. Let us get the word from the touchline. Gabby, | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
from is increasing impatience in the Stade de France crowd. Was that | :25:43. | :25:45. | |
the Wales performance you expected after their dreadful start against | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
Ireland last week? Yes, definitely. I was saying that Wales team were | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
going to come with a lot of intent and they did. They come here with | :25:57. | :26:05. | |
passion, with control, they play really well, I think that they are | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
on the game. Part of French team is a bit disappointing, we didn't see | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
the passion, we didn't see the determination of the players. Until | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
the kick off from the first 15 minute, we didn't see nothing. It | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
is really inconsistency. The up and down. We didn't see the control of | :26:25. | :26:33. | |
didn't see the forward dominate the opponents in the scrum, the the | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
line-out. They are uninsure of what they are doing. Thank you very much | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
indeed. The temperature plummeting here pitchside. Expect a red hot | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
second half. It is not much warmer up here. Let us join the commentary | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
box and the players lucky to have had anyones inside. Trinh-Duc son, | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
but so is Michalak. Trinh-Duc is not on his favourite position. He | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
has the full back. Huget has gone to the wing. Fall is off. I can't | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
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to the wing. Fall is off. I can't front of the post. Very sloppy by | :27:57. | :28:04. | |
France. Just a single runner. Then he just... Seals off. That is what | :28:04. | :28:10. | |
I think he has done. Maestri goes in. Seals him off. Great tackle. | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
There he is off his feet. Maestri. There is the penalty. No need to | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
give that. Three French players there. Great start for Wales in the | :28:20. | :28:24. | |
second half. Great that play by Philips. | :28:25. | :28:34. | |
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happened to Fall, the winger. He played quite well. He was limping | :28:39. | :28:49. | |
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towards the end. I thig think he minutes gone in the second half. | :29:11. | :29:17. | |
Great start to the second half for Wales. A lovely break by Mike | :29:17. | :29:23. | |
Philips. Spotted, I think it was masna, prop forward there. -- | :29:23. | :29:30. | |
Nicolas Mas, a bit slower than the rest. Created the gap for a sprint | :29:30. | :29:40. | |
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Picamoles is getting under their wrong option. Such a negative | :30:56. | :31:01. | |
option to take. They had Wales on the back foot, they had numbers on | :31:01. | :31:08. | |
the right hand side. They are all in there. Biggar... There is no | :31:08. | :31:13. | |
defence on the left-hand side. And then, wrong decision. And a poor | :31:13. | :31:20. | |
kick. Very welcome from our Wales. Have you to see that. Signs from | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
some not themselves, certainly not the France that trounced Australia, | :31:24. | :31:30. | |
beginning to doubt themselves, perhaps. At half-time, they had to | :31:30. | :31:40. | |
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Trinh-Duc feeds it on. Confusion in sure what happened here. George | :32:41. | :32:46. | |
Clancy asks if he is OK but he doesn't look OK, to be honest. | :32:46. | :32:56. | |
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felt that. Let's see what happens to him. Down on his shoulder, | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
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perhaps? Is huge -- is he holding his shoulder? Yes! You are saying, | :33:11. | :33:19. | |
owl, my shoulder. Definitely the shoulder. They think it is the | :33:19. | :33:29. | |
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shoulder. We will get confirmation Very messy. That might be due to | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
the pitch, as you can see cutting up huge chunks of it. That is | :34:00. | :34:10. | |
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interesting in terms of the substitutes because France have got | :34:15. | :34:20. | |
Trinh-Duc and Fritz, and what happened, Benjamin Fall has gone | :34:20. | :34:26. | |
off. Trinh-Duc is fall-back and you've got loss of pace, leaving | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
you exposed. You've always got have a gas man on the bench who can | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
:34:41. | :34:54. | ||
cover wings. France haven't got play flattered. Look how deep | :34:54. | :35:04. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :35:04. | :35:57. | |
Here is Michalak. Throws it deep Wales. When they've had to, they | :35:57. | :36:07. | |
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have defended well. Both sides have have made good tackles. Now we come | :36:21. | :36:31. | |
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back for the Welsh scrum. Good is so dangerous in the centre. And | :36:48. | :36:58. | |
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Bastareaud, he's pretty dangerous the scoreboard. Here are the | :37:10. | :37:17. | |
statistics. Hardly anything in it. The missed tackles, they will want | :37:17. | :37:27. | |
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Horrible for scrums. It makes it so difficult to get a scrum completed. | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
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You could plant some potatoes in it again. Applause to the Welsh | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
forwards to one another. They've steadied things since the first | :38:09. | :38:19. | |
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half. I think Ouedraogo is struggling with his shoulder. | :38:20. | :38:29. | |
former Leicester hooker is about to come on. And the Belgium prop is | :38:29. | :38:39. | |
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has carried the ball well, kick to France this time. Attacking | :39:08. | :39:18. | |
opportunity for France. They will do the scrum again. Clive Woodward. | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
The two substitutions coming on, it is exactly 10 minutes after the | :39:22. | :39:29. | |
break. It is the best time to bring on Debaty, the Hook. It sums up the | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
French style. It is very pre- ordained. They are at their best | :39:34. | :39:40. | |
when the whole game's broken up. The substitutions have been pre- | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
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ordained. I think this one we are seeing now is an injury. Chouly | :39:53. | :40:02. | |
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comes on. He's a number 8 usually That's what they wanted. They had | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
the three kick, took the scrum option and now they will hopefully | :40:17. | :40:27. | |
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France are level at 6-6. This game all the way through, there is so | :41:16. | :41:26. | |
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game could come down to turning the pressure into points. There has not | :42:12. | :42:20. | |
been a try-scoring opportunity it. The defence is so on top. | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
suspect even though Wales are Roma a run of defeats, France have a bit | :42:25. | :42:35. | |
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game until the final minutes, there will be a lot of pressure on France | :42:39. | :42:48. | |
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will be a lot of pressure on France nervous, they are playing not to | :43:44. | :43:50. | |
lose. Psychologically, that is very difficult. You can feel how nervous | :43:50. | :43:53. | |
and tight this game is. They led opportunity go through their hands | :43:53. | :44:03. | |
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there. The change made by a Wales. There is Owens on for Hibbard. | :44:05. | :44:13. | |
made a big impact when he came on against Ireland, Ken Owens. And | :44:13. | :44:20. | |
France will make changes as well. Wong Parra is coming on for | :44:20. | :44:30. | |
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row. Very talented players coming Turnover? He has had a big game, | :44:49. | :44:58. | |
Ryan Jones. He has been immense. I think he is overshadowed -- he has | :44:58. | :45:03. | |
overshadowed the opposite back row. All the ugly stuff, Ryan Jones has | :45:03. | :45:13. | |
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opportunity there, they turned side on, the French defenders, and when | :45:18. | :45:24. | |
Leigh Halfpenny made the break, you've got to give more width to | :45:24. | :45:34. | |
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make Bastareaud defend bigger but I would like to see it on the | :45:44. | :45:51. | |
replay. Clearing kick is not too good. It will be a line-out to | :45:51. | :45:57. | |
France. Clive Woodward again. Again, huge call that scrum. It doesn't | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
immediate me to say there is moments in matches you look from a | :46:03. | :46:10. | |
coaching.view you go wow that, will be interesting to see again. They | :46:10. | :46:20. | |
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take the line-out through suit ta. There is the new prop Debaty. | :46:21. | :46:31. | |
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Clearing kick and waiting for is Halfpenny, Wales beginning to pick | :46:55. | :47:01. | |
up the pace a bit. Jamie Roberts. A man down for Wales. I think it is | :47:01. | :47:09. | |
George North, is it? North is back on his feet now and getting back | :47:09. | :47:13. | |
into the line. Michalak is defending in the outside centre now, | :47:13. | :47:23. | |
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that is the opportunity. Have a go Poor option that is. You can see, | :47:31. | :47:36. | |
at the other end of the pitch Ryan Jones flapping his arms about in | :47:36. | :47:45. | |
frustration that one. -- at that one. Wales making to make another | :47:45. | :47:49. | |
change, with Paul James going to come on in a more permanent fashion | :47:49. | :47:59. | |
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Carrying a little bit of holiday up there, on its own... Are man | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
down injured for France. Wales attacking there. It is Suta who is | :49:02. | :49:12. | |
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phase after phase. Just prodding away. Into the final quarter of | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
this match. Still just two penalties apiece. Jamie Roberts in | :49:26. | :49:34. | |
field. They know that is a set move. That is poor execution. I am not | :49:34. | :49:39. | |
sure if, he didn't time his run there, I don't think. He overrun it | :49:39. | :49:46. | |
a bit. Those little, little mistakes. Suta receiving treatment. | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
No doubt Wales have this game there if they can just cut out a few | :49:52. | :50:01. | |
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mistakes and a first win in Paris since 2005. The treat ment to Suta | :50:04. | :50:14. | |
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and to Bastareaud. -- treatment. Martyn Williams, what do you make | :50:16. | :50:20. | |
of it so far? A great chance for Wales. Yes, they have improved so | :50:20. | :50:26. | |
much from last week. Defensively they have been outstanding. I think | :50:26. | :50:30. | |
Ian evan, Gethin Jenkins, it is frustrating the French, and you | :50:30. | :50:33. | |
know, they just look lost at the moment there is nobody bossing it | :50:33. | :50:41. | |
for France. On the Welsh side, no, Dan has taken good options. It is | :50:41. | :50:47. | |
going into the last 20 minutes. We said this is where the French... We | :50:47. | :50:54. | |
need something to go our way. The scrum goes down again. Again, still | :50:55. | :51:02. | |
feel that the scrum could be very very influential. An attacking | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
scrum for France, George Clancy seems to think that they had a | :51:06. | :51:12. | |
dominant scrum. As Clive said, the attacking Welsh scrum, he gave very | :51:12. | :51:22. | |
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very quickly. A few shouts from the crowd. We off mitigation with the | :51:24. | :51:32. | |
state of the pitch. The front rows have been given a talking to. -- | :51:32. | :51:38. | |
offer mitigation. This time the shove is from trans. Nay call for | :51:38. | :51:43. | |
the pedge Ity and they get it P -- for the penalty and they get it. | :51:43. | :51:46. | |
is becoming a big worry for Wales. If nay get an attacking position, | :51:46. | :51:56. | |
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they will go for the scrum. In a Parisian evening trying to get | :52:15. | :52:25. | |
:52:25. | :52:25. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :52:25. | :53:24. | |
Michalak, a little pop on the one a prop, one a centre. Welsh | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
defence equal to the task at the moment. Parra trying to squeeze his | :53:30. | :53:40. | |
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way through. Probing between the France. No-one whatsoever, so, they | :54:02. | :54:12. | |
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know where they have to defend. about the game line, not making too | :54:15. | :54:24. | |
much progress. Fofana looking for work. He has to go and look for the | :54:24. | :54:34. | |
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over. No, a knock offer says the referee. Scrum to France. He will | :54:39. | :54:46. | |
be happy with that call. Scrum. has become as attritional type of | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
game. It is the sort, these two sides have been serving up | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
entertaining rugby. I, there have been flashs of that but it has | :54:55. | :55:04. | |
become a tense, edgy affair. The pitch doesn't help. How will this | :55:04. | :55:08. | |
Welsh scrum respond, because France just threatening to get the upper | :55:08. | :55:13. | |
hand in this aspect of the match. This is a big scrum. This is a big | :55:13. | :55:16. | |
scrum. He has given penalties against Wales on two previous scrum, | :55:16. | :55:22. | |
they have got try and hold this. The crowd know the importance of | :55:22. | :55:32. | |
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this scrum as well. No-one is France are going to make a change | :55:45. | :55:55. | |
they are going to bring on their giant Taofifenua. He is coming on | :55:55. | :56:04. | |
for Suta. His weights range in reports from 21 stone, to three- | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
and-a-half tonnes! I think he is 22 stone, just about officially. | :56:08. | :56:18. | |
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goes again. Up goes the turf. the forwards if it goes down, once | :56:45. | :56:55. | |
you lose your footing, you're gone. I am sure, you know, that French | :56:55. | :57:02. | |
players will be having a quiet word with George Clancy. Down she goes | :57:03. | :57:12. | |
again. Penalty to Wale is the decision. -- Wales this time. There | :57:12. | :57:22. | |
:57:22. | :57:24. | ||
is frustration in there from the players. Binding. Why would the | :57:24. | :57:34. | |
:57:34. | :57:34. | ||
French prop s slip a bind? I don't know. A bit of a reasoning for the | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
decision, a great decision from a Welsh point of view and a good | :57:38. | :57:48. | |
:57:48. | :57:52. | ||
clearing kick from Biggar. There we are. Hotline to Brianne Moore. | :57:52. | :57:59. | |
-- Brian Moore. So suddenly Wales back in side the French half. Their | :57:59. | :58:04. | |
line-out, 13 minutes to go. Six points apiece. Line-out long one | :58:04. | :58:14. | |
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taken well at the back. What can together again. This match to be | :58:52. | :59:02. | |
:59:02. | :59:07. | ||
decided by fine margins. Jamie penalised. France desperately | :59:07. | :59:17. | |
:59:17. | :59:17. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :59:17. | :00:34. | |
trying to get there but Wales still They nearly got turned over, lucky | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
to get the ball back. They don't want to throw silly, long passes. | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
:00:50. | :00:53. | ||
Biggar running out of options, for about that kick. They had | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
possession, they've surrendered possession. That was Huget, not | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
:01:09. | :01:10. | ||
mocking bomb. -- knocking on. Six points apiece. Earlier today, | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
Scotland got a win at Murrayfield. 34-10. Tomorrow, Ireland against | :01:20. | :01:30. | |
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England, to 20 5:00pm. -- to 20 game management. Where to play this | :01:50. | :01:58. | |
game. Just listen to the swelling noise, the booze. They are getting | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
edgy. They are not happy in the stalls. They are not happy. And I | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
think the header from Huget started them off. Nine minutes remaining in | :02:11. | :02:21. | |
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in, and target Michalak who doesn't like the defensive part of this | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
:02:34. | :02:43. | ||
score? George North is him for the try! It may be the one which wins | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
the match. A long way to go, we have to have a look at that, but I | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
think he has scored. He knows. There were numbers on the left-hand | :02:53. | :02:59. | |
side, they had to go early, they had numbers there, but what a great | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
kick! The ball balance favours George North. He thinks he has | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
scored. A great bounce for George North. You're not going to stop him. | :03:10. | :03:19. | |
Foot? Try. That is a try. He keeps his left foot in play. Watch the | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
reaction of this. This is what it means. That it is a massive, | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
massive try. George North, Great take. Keeps his foot in the field | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
of play, scores of try. A great finish. This will be confirmed | :03:36. | :03:46. | |
:03:46. | :03:46. | ||
shortly. A great finish by George North. It has been confirmed as a | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
try. Wales, five points to the good, conversion to come, eight minutes | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
:04:05. | :04:08. | ||
to go. Now listen to this scrolled. -- crowd. That try has been coming. | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
:04:18. | :04:46. | ||
They have had all the pressure in Leigh Halfpenny and Wales seven | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
points in front with seven minutes to go. Now then, Michalak's | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
restarts have been poor. Wales need to take the restart. Concentration | :04:59. | :05:09. | |
:05:09. | :05:09. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :05:09. | :05:53. | |
levels and clear red. Great kick. kickable. This is in Leigh | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
:06:03. | :06:05. | ||
Halfpenny's range. He knows this kick wins the match for Wales. | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
whale -- the Welsh are singing around the stadium. It is going to | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
be a kick for Leigh Halfpenny and this French side which seemed like | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
world beaters when they beat Australia in November are staring | :06:17. | :06:24. | |
down the barrel of defeat. What a wins this would be for Wales. A | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
long way to go. What to kick for Leigh Halfpenny. This is a big kick. | :06:30. | :06:40. | |
:06:40. | :06:40. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :06:40. | :07:22. | |
a kick! It takes Wales 10 points clear, five minutes to go in this | :07:22. | :07:30. | |
match. There we are... Get over, get over, that's it! That's what it | :07:30. | :07:40. | |
:07:40. | :07:40. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :07:40. | :08:55. | |
They will be happy with the line speed but the French have been so | :08:55. | :09:03. | |
poor, slow ball. And here come the boos from there Stade de France. At | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
times, it has been stodgy, a little bit nervous and edgy, but it | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
doesn't matter how it is achieved, a win here is something to | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
celebrate and Wales are heading towards it. It is a great win. They | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
are almost away and they've shown great character today, backs | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
against the wall, great defensive effort. Both defences have been | :09:25. | :09:33. | |
superb. One bit of magic from Dan Biggar, what she is the space, puts | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
the chip in the, and that is the difference. -- watches the space. | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
They dominated a more the territory and possession, they couldn't turn | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
the pressure to points but they took that opportunity. Colette Aram | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
was very loyal to these players, he said they should at home pull | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
things, but if they lose here, they might have a long night and make | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
changes to come. France are at Twickenham in their next match. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
Wales play Italy in the next match. And the spectators are heading off | :10:11. | :10:20. | |
into the night. It is just about beyond them now. Three minutes and | :10:20. | :10:29. | |
10 points? Not going to happen. The last time Wales won, a full test | :10:30. | :10:36. | |
match, that was France to clinch the Grand Slam last year. They just | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
:10:46. | :10:49. | ||
needed to kick-start their season. they do? I think they will put it | :10:49. | :10:59. | |
:10:59. | :11:24. | ||
in the corner. A converted try is strong. They seldom go without | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
:11:34. | :12:05. | ||
scrum to Wales. Man-of-the-match... I think the French press have | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
picked their man-of-the-match and there he is, the RBS Six Nations | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
Championship man-of-the-match is Leigh Halfpenny, and I think it has | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
been a massive effort. Ryan Jones has been immense as well. It's been | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
a great team effort. Show a lot of character on the back of all of | :12:25. | :12:35. | |
:12:35. | :12:48. | ||
those defeats to come here and get is coming on for Jones. Evans is | :12:48. | :12:58. | |
off as well. They are getting Reed on. And Scott Williams is going to | :12:58. | :13:07. | |
come on as well. Emptying the bench with over a minute to go in this | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
:13:17. | :13:53. | ||
match. Cuthbert tries to find a way through. They need to keep | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
possession for a while. It goes out too early. Williams got his | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
timekeeping wrong but that is going to delay things. They will not | :14:07. | :14:15. | |
score 10 points in 15 seconds. would be quite an achievement. But | :14:15. | :14:22. | |
France will finish... The final whistle will be accompanied by | :14:22. | :14:29. | |
70,000 more whistles. There are hymns and arias and the back at the | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
:14:39. | :14:59. | ||
for France. There is nothing happening. Defence has been so | :14:59. | :15:09. | |
:15:09. | :15:14. | ||
solid. Bastareaud tries to get very good Welsh sides have failed | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
to come here and win in the Stade de France. And this Welsh side here, | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
today, which is coming off the back of eight defeats is going to do so. | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
They are going nowhere. They are going nowhere. Summing up the match, | :15:31. | :15:39. | |
France have the ball, but nothing doing. Still, they try. Well, hang | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
on. A chip over. Forward it goes. That will be the end of things. | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
Halfpenny boots it out and Wales celebrate the whistle goes. What a | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
win for Wales. Here come the boos inside the Stade de France for | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
France. But don't listen to them. Listen to the cheers and the smiles | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
from the Welsh players, because from the Welsh players, because | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
eight defeats fade into memory. This is a famous victory for Wales | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
in the Stade de France A great Winton back om of some dreadful | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
results, -- a great win on the back of some dreadful results. A lot of | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
character. It wasn't the prettiest of matches. It wasn't pretty, but | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
it was more important to get that result. The one bit of magic, the | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
one chip, the one chase. Great finish, and that really was the | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
difference. I think, they deserved it because they dominated territory, | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
you know, but it was just great character and a very very important | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
win. You could see how much it meant to Rob Howley coming down the | :16:41. | :16:47. | |
steps, when he was celebrating George North's try as well. The | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
reports of death of Welsh rugby greatly exaggerated. Azerbaijan for | :16:52. | :16:58. | |
France, a different matter. -- as for France, a different matter. A | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
great day for Welsh rugby. Thank you Andrew and Jonathan. See, a | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
Grand Slam winning side don't suddenly become awful. Never in | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
doubt. What a win. Unbelievable. Clive said earlier, speaking off | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
camera it was one of the greatest Welsh wins. I believe that. We have | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
come and won on the back of three or four win, full of confidence. To | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
come and win on the back of eight games. France lost last week. They | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
were desperate. It was built on defence. The guys who came on | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
suffocated France and stopped them from playing. Outstanding effort. | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
To me, a privilege to be here and witness it. I was here in 2005 when | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
Martyn ice team won. This was sheer guts. That is why rugby is such a | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
great game. This was a great team effort, and you know, wail Wales | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
have not become a bad team overnight. I was there in New | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
Zealand when they made the semifinals. Results haven't gone | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
their way. But to come here under the pressure against a French team | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
that was under the cosh, to defence, it was a great night. We saw | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
moments where it wasn't a set move, it was Wales being instinctive. | :18:11. | :18:13. | |
Playing the way they can and the confidence will come back. That is | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
what they did second half last week. When the game breaks up that is | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
when they are more dangerous. Biggar chose to shift it and we | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
made 5060 metres. Like Jonathan said, it wasn't the prettiest game, | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
it wasn't a classic but for sheer guts and commitment it was up there | :18:31. | :18:38. | |
with the best. Where does it leave France? I really... We said it | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
before, I just look at French rugby now and I feel sorry for some of | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
the players. To me you look at the team and how well their club sides, | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
you could have a background of Parra, Trinh-Duc, you have Rugeley, | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
they just trying to be too clever. They are trying to play. Philippe | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
Saint-Andre has to know his job is to win Saturday, today and he has | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
to stop messing round with the team. Put players in positions where they | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
play week, in week out for their club sides. You see they are all | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
over the place. The Michalak factor, I was saying to Martyn, it is like | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
they wouldn't take him off, however he was playing. He had a poor game. | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
You have Parra who can play there. I think they in a real hole, and | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
they will go to Twickenham Green now. I don't think they need a wake | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
up call. If he is going to get Liz election right he has to go to | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
twibg on the back two of defeats. That sun heard of. Most of the | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
media... Most pundits had them as the favourite. Put your money on | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
France to win in Twickenham Green. It is the kind of thing they would | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
do. Leigh Halfpenny is Man of the Match. He is with Jason down on the | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
touchline, if he can get hold of him. I am sure he is nuch demand. | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
Thank you. Wonderful scenes here. You are a winner, how do you feel? | :20:01. | :20:07. | |
I can't describe how much this mean, and, what a fantastic feeling. The | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
boys played incredibly well, we knew it was going to be tough | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
coming here, but at times we dug deep. Stuck together. What a | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
fantastic win. It has been a long time coming. You defended | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
magnificently. George executed the try beautifully. He is outstanding | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
in defence. You could see everyone working for each other. Just | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
wouldn't give in. Fight foit the end. When we had that chance we | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
took it and that is what international rugby is about, | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
taking chances, and we have come out on the right side, we have come | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
out on the wrong side a lot of the games but this win is amazing. | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
know how tough it has been, especially for you as a group this | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
week, a lot has been said about you what does this mean for this group | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
of players? I don't think I have seen the players celebrate as much | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
today as ever? It means everything. You know, for, playing for that | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
Jersey, we do it for all the fans here we, have worked so hard and | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
everyone back home, just, you know, for the nation, we have done it. | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
The boys were outstanding. Many congratulations. That man George | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
North, what a game. What try, because you know, it wasn't really | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
a winger's game, but when the opportunity arose he took it. | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
was a very stop start. They got their hands on a ball a bit more | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
than last week. I want to go back to Leigh Halfpenny. Dan Biggar, he | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
has great vision, you couldn't put, you couldn't have placed it any | :21:35. | :21:43. | |
better. Really, before that as well, I think the yards, the forwards did | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
the hard yards, they picked them, and that is a great finish as well. | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
That tight. Outstanding finish. can't underestimate how good a | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
finishish that is. When you see it live they were calling hands left. | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
That was an incredible, very brave finish as well. Also, you have to | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
keep your feet in place. His left foot, that is six inches. That is | :22:07. | :22:14. | |
awful. Incredible awareness. That is why he is a Lion's test winger. | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
What a great shot of those two. has had a lot of flak. He has been | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
unlucky the last eight games. can never tell whether he is | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
delighted or angry. But... Shaun is delighted. Attack wasn't pretty but | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
I think we suffocated them. As I said this is a great job as a coach | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
if you win. Yes. I am so pleased for Rob and Shaun. I can only | :22:39. | :22:44. | |
imagine what has been going down in Wales. Nay have a good team and... | :22:44. | :22:52. | |
Jiens has no-one great win, I wonder how this one compares P -- | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
compares. You are right, Ryan you have won in Paris before but this | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
must be special. This is special. On the back of where we have come. | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
The character and spirit. From one to 30 they front up, they have | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
taken it on the chin. We have worked hard. It wasn't flawless, | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
but the character and the team is special. What has it been like? | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
has been tough. There is not a lot you can put technically right in a | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
week. We knew a lot ofer wrors our own fault. We kept doing what we | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
are good at. We came good at the end. We had to maintain the | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
positives. They didn't shy away, we have had that good go and taken the | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
spoils away. Especially from some of the more experienced players. | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
That Leigh Halfpenny and Mike Philips was terrific. We said | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
before the game, that the players who have been here before nou know | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
what it take, they, guys lie Leigh and Mike have stood up and been | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
counted. We have seen some other star, that is what it take, we will | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
see some of the guys come back and we have wonderful competition, but | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
hopefully we can kick on. Winning is a-ha bit swre. The monkey off | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
our back. Congratulations, you can go on the win the Championship now! | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
Easy words. Belief, it is contagious. Let us talk about Leigh | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
Halfpenny. Brilliant game today w the boot. He has been outstanding, | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
for the last 18 month, not just 12 month, he is so brave. He, for a | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
small guy. His kicking is invaluable. That conversion was | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
huge. I think psychologically France, they have to score a try. I | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
feel so happy for Leigh. He has lost 16 of his last 17 games, club | :24:42. | :24:47. | |
and country. There is no better professional. So they have been | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
tears of emotion. Tears of desperation. It is great for him. | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
For France we talk about where it is going wrong, but slow ball in | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
particular, you were so disappointed, the way they were | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
playing with that slow ball. It doesn't suit them, they can't get | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
anything from it. It is not only France. It is any team. You have | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
one pass up the ruck, the Welsh know it is coming and you can see | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
where it is coming now, there is no-one looking that bit wider. They, | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
the defence is going to be strong, if we roll it on now, it is going | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
to come forward to the big forward. This is where England's game has | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
moved up, that one extra pass, it puts you wider. You know, our | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
friend Michalak again. We could be doing another Michalak VT before | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
the last game. He has gorn me. can't see how he can play. Can't | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
give him any more air time! This one ball, he makes a difference. | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
Old school. If you have your big forwards coming in, and that one | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
past. In Bastareaud,could have come in it could have made the pass they | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
are so predictable and France has become a predictable team, which is | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
the saddest thing, because they have got players, who, that is not | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
their strength. Who ooze that intuition and confidence normally, | :26:11. | :26:19. | |
and now... They, as poor as they were, Wales had done their | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
homework,. They stopped the big runners like Bastareaud, he was | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
kept quiet. For was wasted on the wing. They are in a dark place but | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
Wales go to Italy. That will be tough, but full confidence. | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
said it was important for the home sides to get a win. Let us see what | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
it has done for the table. Earlier on that is what happens but not | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
here. Even has a win so far, apart from France, of course that will | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
change tomorrow, something has to give between eng laend and Ireland. | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
We will have an outright leader, unless that is a draw! France, you | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
can't believe that bottom of table. Talk about that in a moment. Match | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
of the Day is coming up. Plenty of French players in the league. Some | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
Welsh one, I won't give too much away. 10.20 on BBC One. Alan | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
Shearer and Mark Lawrenson. I think the reason it is a great tournament. | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
If you can win that away game, they are going to be on fire. Wales | :27:20. | :27:26. | |
coming and winning away, that just giving them the momentum. These | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
away victories have so tough to come by. That is why I was saying | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
this is one of the best Welsh victorys to come and Winton back of | :27:33. | :27:38. | |
pressure, is amazing. What it has done to the tournament as a whole, | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
the Championship, it is so wide- open, nobody's predictions are | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
coming true. Who would have said Scotland would have put 30 points | :27:45. | :27:50. | |
over Italy today. I thought Italy would back up last week's | :27:50. | :27:55. | |
performance, so it is wide-open. Great company, thank you very much | :27:55. | :27:59. |