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Most people see fear as a weakness. It can be. Sometimes in this job, | :00:57. | :01:06. | |
you have to put fear into other people. Whether that is right or | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
not, you have to be ruthless. This failure is not an option. | :01:15. | :01:22. | |
A chance to score in the corner. Sam Warburton is going to score! | :01:23. | :01:31. | |
You have to be ruthless with yourself. You have to use your own | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
fear. It makes you stronger. Welcome to the Principality Stadium. | :01:34. | :01:55. | |
Thank you to Michael Kelly for getting us in the mood on a Friday | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
night. The gateway to the freedom of the weekend. The start of round | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
three of the Six Nations. Both sides in the running. Can France win out | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
of the blue? Or will it be a red-hot Wales on a chilly Cardiff evening? | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
Tonight for the first time in a long time, we have, in South Wales, the | :02:18. | :02:26. | |
sky at night. Owing to a technical malfunction, the roof is open and if | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
you look closely, you can see Tim peat looking down on us. -- Tim | :02:31. | :02:38. | |
Peake. He will be enjoying the words from our three giants of the game, | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
joining us now. Martyn Williams, Ali Williams and Tomas Castignet. First, | :02:41. | :02:55. | |
let's reflect on weekend number two. The French rugby revolution, part | :02:56. | :03:13. | |
two. France at home again in the rain. Liberty and freedom on hold. | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
This was a prison of pain. Agony for the Irish, some of it | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
self-inflicted. Frustration for the Irish. | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
Would there be a way out of all of this? Jonathan Sexton, keeping | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
Ireland ahead. Asking a question of France. You can dish out the pain, | :03:41. | :03:49. | |
can you score any points? The answer -the ones that matter. Maxime | :03:50. | :03:59. | |
Medard. Wales the Scotland wasn't exactly | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
free of pain. There would be fixed in the air. -- victims here. And | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
danger. And it would have its talking points. Would the offside | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
law ever work in Scotland's favour? It had little touches. It had | :04:20. | :04:32. | |
running. It had miscalculations. It had missed chances. | :04:33. | :04:41. | |
And it had angles. It did have angles. Acute pain for Scotland. | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
Perpendicular joy for Wales. England were on their way. Not | :04:46. | :05:01. | |
always England were on their way. Not | :05:02. | :05:09. | |
then generous Italy. One team's slap on the back is | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
another's pack in the eye. Jonathan Joseph's second try, and | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
his third. The pass of the weekend- St George. | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
England are unbeaten. And so, before a ball is kicked this | :05:27. | :05:37. | |
weekend, the prospect of a Grand Slam showdown exists in Paris in the | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
final weekend on the final match. A couple of huge games. Decisive at | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
the foot of the table and an intriguing contest at Twickenham. | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
We will discuss that at half-time. First, what do we think of it so | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
far? What is the southern hemisphere take on what we have been served up? | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
It is definitely a special spectacle in terms of the Six Nations. The | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
fear of failure outweighs the ability to perform or the excitement | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
to create match-winning games for the top it is a great event but I | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
think teams are playing within themselves, rather than really | :06:26. | :06:27. | |
chucking the ball around and seeing what they can do. | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
If you were being brutal, would you say it was less of a spectacle? | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
Yeah. Without her make-up. Does that mean it takes away from the | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
attraction of rugby? I don't think so. It has attraction and excitement | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
in other areas. What do you think, Martyn Williams? | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
You go back to last weekend, the rugby all six teams played was | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
phenomenal. It is like he just said, it wasn't a fear of failure but it | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
was the shackles off. The first couple of weekends, it is safety | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
first and about not losing a game. France are the worst offenders. | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
Not very interesting? Yes. We won the last two games and it is a long | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
time since we did that. For months again, -- four months ago, it was a | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
lot of pride, losing. There is a long time in the tournament has been | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
played since a very long time and you never one that trophy. You can | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
believe that every team wants to do the best spectacle on the pitch and | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
to win the trophy means a lot. What kind of a spectacle can we | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
expect tonight? Can you believe that the French | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
team, since the last game, French players have played in the French | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
championship, then they had just two or three days to prepare for that | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
kind of game. The Welsh team are used to playing together. They have | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
some common faces. They know every player on the pitch. It will be very | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
hard and the atmosphere here is very tough. We are French and maybe when | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
we don't train much, we are the best. | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
The atmosphere is building. A huge French contingent here. I can't | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
remember the last time, maybe because it is a Friday night, I | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
can't remember the last time there were so many French supporters | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
round. A study by Cardiff University on Saturday matches in the six | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
Nations showed that every game was worth about ?16 million to the local | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
economy and you suspect that might be more on a Friday night cos there | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
is no room here. People will spend more money if Wales win and that is | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
down to Warren Gatland. Jonathan Davies went to see him. | :08:47. | :08:56. | |
Are we all happy and ready to go? OK. Warren Gatland, you have had a | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
nice week off. You have made a view changes for the France game. Alex | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
Cuthbert, first of all. Back in. He is well aware. We know | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
that his form from where it was a couple | :09:14. | :09:15. | |
that his form from where it was a anywhere as near. | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
That is confidence, isn't it? He had a try and he is back on the horse. | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
You can't blame players for that. Social media means you can get | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
battered. They are young men and the sometimes struggle with criticism. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
He is getting some confidence back so we wanted to give him some time | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
and with ill like the idea of him and dash of Sam Warburton and two | :09:42. | :09:51. | |
Buick -- Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric playing together. The French | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
bring a big forward pack and so it is probably ringing a bit more | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
physicality with Dan coming into the back row. | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
What did you expect from France? I have seen them twice this year and I | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
can't seem to work out what they are trying to do. | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
I think under Guy Noves, he comes in with credibility in terms with what | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
he has achieved as a coach. with credibility in terms with what | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
incredibly successful. No Welsh team has won five in a row against | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
France. I never beat them! It is a Friday | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
night in Cardiff again. You must enjoy the birds and the atmosphere. | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
It is the best competition in the world and it is the competition | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
because of the fans. Nowhere else in the world do you go and get | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
potentially 30 or 40% of the crowd to be the away fans. The atmosphere | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
and bragging rights for 12 months. It is special. When you retire and | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
come back to watch Wales play, up are you going to sit in a bar, have | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
a beef steak and walk in, ten minutes from kick-off! | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
I would like that opportunity. I haven't been too many games as a | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
spectator here. Hopefully one day. Good luck on | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
Friday. Jonathan is here with Ryan Moore. | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
Warren Gatland is indescribably relaxed. -- Ryan Moore. | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
He is comfortable with the rantings. The team environment. They are | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
totally relaxed. They know what they are doing and looking forward to the | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
game. The pressure is off a little bit, all the attention is on | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
England. You mentioned he doesn't do many press conferences now because | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
he sits back. Eddie Jones has taken over winding people up. He is in a | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
happy place and we side is the most relaxed I have seen it in a long | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
time. The friends are tense. They are | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
under a lot of pressure. -- the French. | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
How good might they be? Not very, at the moment, to be honest. They have | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
one too but they haven't played very well. I expect Wales to be quite | :12:07. | :12:13. | |
dominant. All the signs are with Wales, all the experience and the | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
caps. 90% goal-kicking against just over 50. 56% is not good enough in a | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
close game. Let's focus on the French. When they | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
joined the championship 116 years ago, when you look at the | :12:33. | :12:34. | |
statistics, ever since France won their first championship in 1954, | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
they have never gone more than five years without winning a tournament | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
until now. In terms of results and style, it has not been good. | :12:45. | :12:55. | |
The biggest victory in Italian rugby history. The Grand Slam champions | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
have been toppled. England have won in Paris. | :13:00. | :13:12. | |
Wales have won the Grand Slam! They have beaten France! | :13:13. | :13:21. | |
Captain fantastic touches down. A try for England. George North is | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
in for a try. A wretched campaign. | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
A yellow card. It has to be Johnny Sexton! Ireland | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
are well clear in Paris. Wales have won a game. They beat | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
France in 2012, 2013 last year and now this disappointment pours out of | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
the stadium. The slightly shambolic nature of | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
French selection The slightly shambolic nature of | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
when they picked a guy called Smith for the match, finding out then that | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
he wasn't eligible having played sevens for the all Blacks. | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
That is incompetence but is there such a lack of talent that France | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
are having to fall anywhere to find players from certain positions | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
because there are so many overseas players in the game in France? | :14:23. | :14:33. | |
We are in a bad situation. You have got some guys today from certain | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
teams, Mike Callahan. They are only playing because -- like Callahan. | :14:42. | :14:53. | |
You need to place young players too. People like you, you have finished | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
your career in France and effectively, you are undermining the | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
French campaign? A couple of years in France isn't | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
undermining the game. If you come to a foreign place, you put yourself | :15:07. | :15:09. | |
and you pass on your knowledge, the other side of it is one side is | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
talking and the other side is listening and communicating. The | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
French have a way of accepting something or not accepting | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
something. He is dense with David Smith, he has immersed himself in | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
the French culture and, let's be honest, he might have had something | :15:28. | :15:30. | |
to do with the miss communication there. The talent is growing in | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
France and the talent has some there. The talent is growing in | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
the best in the world. Let's not undermine that. We will | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
talk about Wales in a moment but if you focus on the positives from a | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
French point of view, it is a very inexperienced team. Maxime Medard is | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
one of the few experienced players but here's one that the players can | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
aspire to be. He was upset not to be selected for | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
the World Cup. The bench made a massive impact in the last game. And | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
with him, he knows what it is to play big games and I think today | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
will be one of the biggest for the French team. | :16:16. | :16:18. | |
Counterpoint to the overseas players are undermining the game, Maxine | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
Mechenaud is playing with Dan Jules Plisson said he is learning from the | :16:26. | :16:36. | |
best. -- and all-black. He is learning a new way of playing | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
the game and France has a bit of a burden with the old coaching | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
structure and it will take some time for Guy Noves to talk about how he | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
wants to play the game. I wouldn't for Guy Noves to talk about how he | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
write them off the day, give them some time to get | :16:55. | :16:56. | |
know and love. Welsh songs are ringing around the | :16:57. | :17:04. | |
stadium. It is as good as weekend, in case you need reminding we | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
thought we would do a bit of cinema. There is a mobile cinema in South | :17:11. | :17:11. | |
Wales which turns up wherever you There is a mobile cinema in South | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
want it to go and shows what ever you wanted to show. We thought we | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
would show the players Wales versus France over the years. | :17:22. | :17:33. | |
Three adults, please. Two adults, one child. | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
Any popcorn? Cuthbert is clear. | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
We are straight into it! What a magnificent finish by Alex Cuthbert! | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
Wales when the Grand Slam. Fantastic atmosphere! | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
The younger George North. Three grand slams. | :17:58. | :18:12. | |
Who is that? I don't know. He wanted a hug! | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
Wonderful support. A chance for Wales. Surely, a try for Wales. Dan | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
Biggar. You know what is going to happen | :18:22. | :18:34. | |
now, don't you? George North is in for the tri-! | :18:35. | :18:43. | |
My dad! Good genetics mind, isn't it? | :18:44. | :18:52. | |
Robert Howley is on his shoulder. That is a decent line, to be fair. | :18:53. | :19:01. | |
He has done well there. He took it. Practice what you preach. | :19:02. | :19:13. | |
The charge downfield. Hamon! | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
Was that a three? You wouldn't get Samson Lee doing that nowadays! | :19:21. | :19:30. | |
Martyn Williams, an interesting talking point over the last few | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
weeks, Gethin Jenkins will be doing whatever you do in the front row and | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
George North will be adding to his try tally. There is a question about | :19:41. | :19:47. | |
Sam Warburton being the captain, how and where he is playing and what his | :19:48. | :19:49. | |
role is. He is playing out of position at | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
six. You think he is winning turnovers, winning penalties for | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
Wales. At six he hasn't had that opportunity. The stats are unusual | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
for him after two games. It is hard to see why he hasn't had that | :20:08. | :20:09. | |
effect. Sam Warburton is on the blindside. | :20:10. | :20:19. | |
Justin Tipuric is in the open. Jamie Roberts has creamed Robbie Henshaw. | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
Five yards in front of the gain line. Manna from heaven for an open | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
side flanker. He is a yard in front. You would expect him to win a | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
penalty, creating a steal. Keep an eye on where Sam Warburton is. He | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
has worked around to the far side, not involved. You would expect him | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
to be in this breakdown. He hasn't got involved. He should have nine | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
and 12 outside him. He is outside his backs. He can't get involved in | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
the breakdown to any degree. It gives Ireland the ball. It is quick | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
ball, they are on the front foot and get momentum. | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
ball, they are on the front foot and Against Scotland, for some reason, | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
they have a look at as a tailgunner. They have the six and seven in the | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
line-out. They are doing their job and they have to stop the driving | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
maul. They do that for Scotland. If I was open side, I would want to be | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
where Scott Baldwin is. They can affect the play. First breakdown. | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
Sam Warburton is on the far side. You can see the scrum cap of Justin | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
Tipuric. They have stopped the driving maul of Scotland but look | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
what happens here. They go wide to win quick ball. Sam Warburton is not | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
on the pace because he has been working hard, in fairness. Watch how | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
easy it is for Scotland. They have a hooker and an outside half | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
defending. Easy yards for Scott Laidlaw. Justin Tipuric is not on | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
the pace. It has been poor at contesting defence. This is where | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
they have been at their best. Dan Lydiate and Sam Warburton are not | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
involved in the line-out. They create havoc in midfield. You can | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
see them in tandem. They love playing together. One of the best | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
ball carrying centres in France and he is held up. You have to give | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
priest and a bit of praise as well. That is where they are at their best | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
and at six, he hasn't had that opportunity. | :22:29. | :22:30. | |
That was a masterclass. Let's talk about one of the changes | :22:31. | :22:43. | |
in the Welsh team - Cuthbert is back on the wing after his confidence | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
took a hammering during the World Cup. This is an opportunity to | :22:49. | :22:54. | |
re-establish his reputation. Here he came into a position between | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
the centres. Every time he is available, he can be destructive. He | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
has got some sense. Even if he is a big bite, he can play the defence. | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
He goes around the ten, behind Roberts. You can see he goes in the | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
defence. Very well exploited by the Welsh. The French will have to | :23:17. | :23:24. | |
control it. They have to speak to each other to see where Cuthbert is | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
going to get into the line. There is a great atmosphere, 74,000 | :23:28. | :23:36. | |
seats in this doesn't arena. We actually have the roof open tonight, | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
which they often say allows the atmosphere to go up into the | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
heavens. It seems really loud to me tonight. Wonderful. I must ask you | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
about one aspect of the game, a talking point in all the | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
matches-Eddie Jones has said Jonny Sexton will be targeted tomorrow. | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
France targeted him a couple of weeks ago. Dan Biggar, he knows he | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
will be a marked man tonight. For all of the years you were playing in | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
front of the great playmaker, how can you protect your number ten as a | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
team? We look at it as an advantage. It is | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
a focus shifting away from the team collectively and going on to one | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
person. I think the French are doing themselves a disadvantage by | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
targeting one person. I don't think they are intentionally. Gatland | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
wants them to target him more. You have to stand up on your own two | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
feet. Defend yourself. As a forward, make sure you go forward. It is | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
easier for the backs. Reading the papers, they are not | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
talking about who will win this, they are talking about the winning | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
margin for Wales. Is there any danger of that sleeping in to the | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
Welsh mentality tonight? -- seeping in. | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
There are a lot of players you are not quite sure of. They are | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
professionals. Usually, we will have our | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
correspondence speaking to coaches and players and all that sort of | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
stuff but tonight, she is now with a partisan supporter. | :25:29. | :25:31. | |
It is someone with a strong link to Welsh rugby and vice patron of the | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
WRU, his Royal high as the Duke of Cambridge. -- Royal Highness. You | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
have lived in Wales. How dear to your heart is the team? | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
I love coming to the rugby. Having lived in North Wales for a few | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
years, seeing the rugby and the passion, I am thrilled to be back. | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
It is fantastic to be here and here we passion and excitement. When the | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
anthem goes, you know you are in Cardiff. | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
He followed Wales during the World Cup and now during the Six Nations. | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
What have you made the form of Warren Gatland's men of late? | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
They have done a good job of the World Cup. It was a shame that South | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
Africa beat them in the last five minutes. I was quite upset about | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
that. They covered themselves in glory through the whole tournament. | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
In the tarmac, they have started well and have to continue. -- in the | :26:32. | :26:39. | |
Six Nations. Enjoy the game. France haven't | :26:40. | :26:46. | |
beaten Wales since that time Sam Warburton was sent off five years | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
ago. Looking forward to making it five in a row against France. Fierce | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
and ferocious. You have to be ruthless. Failure is | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
not an option. You have to put fear in other | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
people. You have to use your own fear. | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
As we wait for the players who are in the tunnel at the moment, where | :27:13. | :27:23. | |
is this match going to be won and lost? | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
It is the cliche, the tight five. Wales have a set of young props that | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
have been outstanding so far. They have the experience of Alun Wyn | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
Jones and Bradley Davies so if they get dominance in the front five, it | :27:37. | :27:39. | |
could be a long night for the French. | :27:40. | :27:43. | |
As we mentioned him briefly earlier on, a lot of the French side are | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
very inexperienced. Most will not have played in this stadium. It can | :27:50. | :27:53. | |
either inspire you or intimidate you. | :27:54. | :27:55. | |
How do you you. | :27:56. | :28:02. | |
I think it will inspire. I am pretty sure if they manage to get some | :28:03. | :28:06. | |
turnover, we have got quality and Spain in the backs and it can make a | :28:07. | :28:10. | |
difference. We have lost so many years, we have to show that we can | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
win that game. Here is the reception for Wales and | :28:16. | :28:16. | |
France on a Friday night And it is very, very loud. A final | :28:17. | :28:35. | |
word to you, as the impartial observer. | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
I think the French inexperience is actually going to play into their | :28:42. | :28:45. | |
hands. I think they will play with limited fear and try things. | :28:46. | :28:48. | |
Defensively, they have come together quite wrongly so it will be a great | :28:49. | :28:54. | |
match. It could be a turning point for the Six Nations, get some | :28:55. | :28:57. | |
excitement into it. We are going to have a moment 's | :28:58. | :29:02. | |
silence before the anthems, for the victims of the cyclone in Fiji | :29:03. | :29:07. | |
silence before the anthems, for the week, when 42 people died and tens | :29:08. | :29:11. | |
of thousands have lost their homes. You can imagine the devastation that | :29:12. | :29:15. | |
has caused. The last time there was an evening match here at the | :29:16. | :29:18. | |
Principality Stadium, it was when Wales played Fiji in the World Cup. | :29:19. | :29:25. | |
A moment 's silence for the victims of the cyclone in Fiji. After which | :29:26. | :29:27. | |
it will be the anthems. # Mae hen wlad fy | :29:28. | :30:01. | |
nhadau yn annwyl i mi # Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, | :30:02. | :31:47. | |
enwogion o fri # Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, | :31:48. | :31:57. | |
gwladgarwyr tra mad # Dros ryddid gollasant eu | :31:58. | :32:07. | |
gwaed # Tra mor | :32:08. | :32:17. | |
yn fur i'r bur hoff bau COMMENTATOR: Round 3 of the Six | :32:18. | :33:15. | |
Nations, Friday night in Cardiff. Its Wales against France, two | :33:16. | :33:19. | |
unbeaten sides. Sam Warburton's Wales, drawn one, won one. Bradley | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
Davies is in full Luke Charteris in the second row. Charteris has a sore | :33:26. | :33:36. | |
knee. Tipuric is on the bench. Faletau, tackles made, 38, and he | :33:37. | :33:42. | |
has missed none. Alex Cuthbert is back on the right wing. If he can do | :33:43. | :33:46. | |
what George North is doing, Wales will be fine. 14 defenders beaten, | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
leading the way in the Six Nations. Jedrasiak is back in the second row. | :33:53. | :34:12. | |
Maxime Machenaud starting at scrum-half. Camarasa starts, an | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
international left wing for the first time -- Camara. | :34:19. | :34:28. | |
Jake Ball and Gareth Anscombe returning to the Will Spencer. Pirlo | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
will win a first cap and become the first international from the | :34:36. | :34:39. | |
overseas French territory of Wallis Island in the Pacific. -- Pelo. The | :34:40. | :34:51. | |
night's referee, Wayne Barnes. -- tonight. An English and in Cardiff, | :34:52. | :34:59. | |
taking control. Wales against France, Wales looking to beat France | :35:00. | :35:04. | |
for the fifth time in succession. The roof is open. It was meant to be | :35:05. | :35:11. | |
closed but we've had political BELL A little mechanical hitch. | :35:12. | :35:16. | |
-- we've had a little mechanical hitch. Still, it is a clear night, a | :35:17. | :35:28. | |
dry night and the surface is good. The pivotal point in the Six | :35:29. | :35:36. | |
Nations. England playing Ireland at Twickenham tomorrow. Scotland | :35:37. | :35:42. | |
visiting Rome to play Italy. It all begins here in Cardiff. Plisson, the | :35:43. | :35:54. | |
outside-half, preparing to start. Wales' second home game. Off we go. | :35:55. | :36:04. | |
Full-back, Liam Williams, for Wales, just outside the 22. Gareth Davies | :36:05. | :36:14. | |
at scrum-half. George North chasing. Well released by Chouly. The captain | :36:15. | :36:24. | |
of France, Guirado. The pass was forwards. That evening, Brian Moore. | :36:25. | :36:30. | |
Good evening. That was well full would as well. Enterprising from the | :36:31. | :36:33. | |
French. They haven't played this kind of rugby for a while, you can't | :36:34. | :36:40. | |
just switch it on -- well forwards. Giving Wales a good platform | :36:41. | :36:44. | |
actually. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how the front row cope | :36:45. | :36:49. | |
against a very big, big French row. They showed intent by going wide but | :36:50. | :36:57. | |
they didn't engage the Welsh defence when they have the overlap. This is | :36:58. | :37:07. | |
one area where I think France might get on top. If Wales do well here, | :37:08. | :37:12. | |
then they are comfortable for the evening. No sign of it yet. Faletau | :37:13. | :37:27. | |
going begging for it. -- digging. Gareth Davies passing it out. | :37:28. | :37:41. | |
Play an. Wales are back in possession -- play on. Sam | :37:42. | :37:50. | |
Warburton, the captain, making ground. Plisson washing-up and | :37:51. | :37:58. | |
cutting out the overlap. Medard has to go back. Cuthbert chasing. It was | :37:59. | :38:08. | |
clever, but at least three men were over. If they had moved the ball | :38:09. | :38:15. | |
more quickly. I think both defences are going to play with a blitz | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
defence. Rushing out of the lines. Lovely kick from Dan Biggar. He just | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
overcooked it a little bit. Medard was in position. | :38:26. | :38:27. | |
overcooked it a little bit. Medard for the drop out. Off we go again. | :38:28. | :38:34. | |
Not quite so high this time. Biggar chasing his own kick. It has come | :38:35. | :38:41. | |
back for Samson Lee, the prop. Wales, plenty of possession. Gareth | :38:42. | :38:49. | |
Davies, Cuthbert is outside him. Camara making the tackle. Step from | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
Roberts. Lee, he likes the passing game. | :38:55. | :39:07. | |
Jonathan Davies had to take it behind him. Good strength. The | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
player who plays in France, for Clermont Auvergne. Coming back to | :39:15. | :39:17. | |
the Scarlets next season. George North coming off his wing. | :39:18. | :39:26. | |
Pushed back outside the French 22. Picked up again by Evans. Wales are | :39:27. | :39:48. | |
much more prepared to get the passes out of the tackle in this game. Rob | :39:49. | :39:54. | |
Evans, busy in this opening period. out of the tackle in this game. Rob | :39:55. | :39:55. | |
Turned over. France winning the out of the tackle in this game. Rob | :39:56. | :40:05. | |
penalty. France out of the tackle in this game. Rob | :40:06. | :40:05. | |
recycling, not as quickly out of the tackle in this game. Rob | :40:06. | :40:13. | |
would have wanted. They had the numbers, the blitz defence | :40:14. | :40:15. | |
controlled where Wales were going to attack. Somebody has to have some | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
quick feet to break the defensive line. That's a result for France. It | :40:21. | :40:24. | |
is, but what line. That's a result for France. It | :40:25. | :40:28. | |
well, they haven't dealt with the aerial battle so far. They haven't | :40:29. | :40:30. | |
fielded the last three kicks well. aerial battle so far. They haven't | :40:31. | :40:39. | |
You are right, Eddie. Rob Evans, he's had a couple of off-loads and | :40:40. | :40:44. | |
that can break down the defence. They are so tight. Jefferson Poirot, | :40:45. | :40:49. | |
who won the ball back for France. A good jump from Flanquart. Dan Biggar | :40:50. | :41:00. | |
on the halfway line. It has gone flying over. Just a little bit flat, | :41:01. | :41:16. | |
the line of attack. Trying to get Camara into the game, aren't they? | :41:17. | :41:26. | |
Bradley Davies, quickly down to Gareth Davies. Biggar, a change of | :41:27. | :41:31. | |
tactics Jonathan Davies in hot pursuit. He did well there. | :41:32. | :41:39. | |
Brilliant. Guirado, the French hooker, doing well to cover the | :41:40. | :41:40. | |
chip. Machenaud, back to Plisson. Biggar, | :41:41. | :42:02. | |
as ever, covering. It has gone loose. Slimani, the prop, collecting | :42:03. | :42:12. | |
the scraps. Two knock-ons, Welsh ball. Again, France not dealing with | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
the aerial ball. Conceding ground and possession. He'll be happy with | :42:19. | :42:27. | |
the first five minutes. The territory, the possession they have | :42:28. | :42:30. | |
had. They are winning the aerial battle. They are committing the | :42:31. | :42:36. | |
ball, the French players, but no one has really taken it yet. Guy Noves. | :42:37. | :42:48. | |
This is the first time he has come face-to-face with Warren Gatland, | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
the Welsh coach, since the days of to lose playing Wasps in the | :42:53. | :43:03. | |
Heineken Cup final -- Toulouse. The importance of the aerial | :43:04. | :43:06. | |
Heineken Cup final -- Toulouse. The you can't deal with it, you are | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
constantly losing territory, you don't get a foothold | :43:12. | :43:39. | |
Free kick. Going to be a free kick against France. Going for the scrum | :43:40. | :43:46. | |
again. Asking the French to wait for the | :43:47. | :43:56. | |
ball. Fight to stay square. The law is | :43:57. | :44:18. | |
that you're not supposed to push before the ball is put in. Teams do | :44:19. | :44:24. | |
it to try to get on the front foot. Wales, I've asked you, don't fully | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
engage. This isn't going to be a scrum. Wayne Barnes, you know, | :44:30. | :44:35. | |
dictating the game. What a mistake that is. | :44:36. | :44:47. | |
Again, the French, well, that's self-inflicted. Keeping Wales the | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
within French territory. That's an awful free kick. I just think he | :44:54. | :45:00. | |
must have thought it's a penalty. Jamie Roberts, for the first time, | :45:01. | :45:06. | |
crashing into midfield. Boots, Dan Lydiate has too steep for the ball. | :45:07. | :45:16. | |
Penalty for Wales -- temp -- oo oops. | :45:17. | :45:23. | |
This is Plisson's penalty, direct kick into touch. He must have | :45:24. | :45:29. | |
thought it was a penalty where you cannot kick directly into touch. | :45:30. | :45:33. | |
Back in the same position, Wales getting possession. Should be three | :45:34. | :45:38. | |
points. Dan Biggar, up in the 80s for his | :45:39. | :45:51. | |
success rate. Dan Biggar, for the first points. He | :45:52. | :46:35. | |
missed. Missing. You can see straightaway if the kicker has | :46:36. | :46:38. | |
nailed it, he runs back. He just took there, waiting and waiting. | :46:39. | :46:46. | |
Taking so long over the ball now, I don't know how that can help him. | :46:47. | :46:50. | |
Faletau catching the restart. Rob Evans, good footwork and hands | :46:51. | :47:01. | |
by the prop. Robert is trying to get the past two | :47:02. | :47:15. | |
Jonathan Davies, doesn't work. Chance for France to turn defence | :47:16. | :47:23. | |
into attack. Very good kick. Left footed. Chouly, to Medard. Now, | :47:24. | :47:31. | |
Vakoc tala, the danger runner for France. -- Vakatawa. Medard hanging | :47:32. | :47:45. | |
onto it. Faletau with the tackle on the full-back. | :47:46. | :47:55. | |
Very narrow, the fringe. Lydiate and Roberts with the tackle. Faletau | :47:56. | :48:12. | |
holding them up. Medard delivers. Jonathan Danty in the centre. With | :48:13. | :48:22. | |
Liz Truss Lauret, from the French back row, managing in the end -- | :48:23. | :48:24. | |
Wenceslas Lauret. A bit too far. back row, managing in the end -- | :48:25. | :48:34. | |
Catching. Eluding and passing to Jonathan Davies. That trusty left | :48:35. | :48:38. | |
foot. I don't think he was looking for touch. Looking for space. Very | :48:39. | :48:43. | |
get very difficult to see who the French | :48:44. | :48:51. | |
ball-carrier is for France, with the likes of Picamoles and Buster Road | :48:52. | :49:02. | |
-- Buster Road -- missing. They didn't want to go backwards any | :49:03. | :49:07. | |
more. Just going on to get territory. | :49:08. | :49:14. | |
Here's a change. France driving them all, and driving it well. -- driving | :49:15. | :49:30. | |
the maul. Forward. Having listened to Martyn Williams before the game, | :49:31. | :49:35. | |
asking where war button and Lydiate would go, they were very much out of | :49:36. | :49:45. | |
the defensive operation in the maul. War button at the top and there is | :49:46. | :49:47. | |
Dan Lydiate. -- war -- Sam Warburton. If you're going to | :49:48. | :49:56. | |
do that you have to take people with you. | :49:57. | :50:17. | |
The next one is a penalty. Please hold your balance, OK? Bind, hold | :50:18. | :50:29. | |
on, wait. Let's get these grams right, fellows -- these scrums. He's | :50:30. | :50:36. | |
saying he didn't want anybody to engage fully before he calls. The | :50:37. | :50:40. | |
only advantage to that is that you may get a slight advantage in weight | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
being transferred early. To be honest it is so minimal I wish he | :50:46. | :50:48. | |
would stop messing around and get on with it. Don't we all? So far, so | :50:49. | :50:58. | |
good. Waiting a long time before he gives Gareth Davies the all clear. | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
And it goes down and France get the penalty. I think that came from the | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
assistant referee, JP Doyle. There's no way that Barnes could have seen | :51:10. | :51:14. | |
that on this side. And going to the pocket, the microphone, the call | :51:15. | :51:18. | |
came from the system referee. -- the hand. The | :51:19. | :51:20. | |
came from the system referee. -- the that the scrum won't...? Yes! Thank | :51:21. | :51:28. | |
you! I think that the scrum won't...? Yes! Thank | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
it. Going onto the shoulder. that the scrum won't...? Yes! Thank | :51:36. | :51:43. | |
tight head prop, just rolling. He does that to protect the drive. | :51:44. | :51:52. | |
tight head prop, just rolling. He So JP Doyle has got it wrong. Not | :51:53. | :51:52. | |
Plisson. Distance isn't a problem, surprising. | :51:53. | :52:12. | |
Plisson. Distance isn't a problem, but direction, not so much. He | :52:13. | :52:16. | |
absolutely well eat it. He had a big kick against the Italians, but that | :52:17. | :52:25. | |
was near the halfway line. -- wellied it. He is a massive kicker. | :52:26. | :52:35. | |
Dan Biggar, into the French half. A bit of indecision from Machenaud who | :52:36. | :52:44. | |
catches it in the end. Medard going high again. Beautifully taken, Liam | :52:45. | :52:47. | |
Williams, from full-back. Gareth Davies has a little luck and | :52:48. | :53:20. | |
a little dance. It is gathering momentum slowly, this Welsh attack. | :53:21. | :53:28. | |
Patience is required. A good pass by Alex Cuthbert on the outside. | :53:29. | :53:38. | |
Still Welsh possession. Not enough is happening. That is an excellent | :53:39. | :53:46. | |
kick from Dan Biggar. Although Wales haven't score any | :53:47. | :54:02. | |
points yet, they have been more fluent and cogent -- score any | :54:03. | :54:07. | |
points. It seems a matter of time before they score. How much pressure | :54:08. | :54:19. | |
can Wales exert on this French team. Guirado with the throw. No problem | :54:20. | :54:23. | |
at all, so far. Poirot, the prop, going to ground. | :54:24. | :54:46. | |
Here comes the clearing kick from this -- Plisson. Liam Williams | :54:47. | :54:51. | |
thought about taking it quickly. On the halfway line. We will have a | :54:52. | :54:56. | |
line-out. He has got a big boot on him, Jules Plisson. There was one | :54:57. | :55:00. | |
opportunity for Medard, he caught the ball, plenty of time and space, | :55:01. | :55:06. | |
and everybody over read the play. If he had done a dummy kick, Lydiate | :55:07. | :55:10. | |
was up in the air, and he was clean through. It's just seeing what's in | :55:11. | :55:15. | |
front of you. Alun Wyn Jones winning the line-out. Wales are trying the | :55:16. | :55:24. | |
drive from the line-out. A few metres gained. Gareth Davies, | :55:25. | :55:35. | |
towards back at -- Vakatawa. Advantage for Wales being played. | :55:36. | :55:46. | |
Well picked up, Biggar. Liam Williams is in hot pursuit. Faletau | :55:47. | :55:51. | |
can't get it. Fabulous pick up by the flanker, Lauret. Faletau getting | :55:52. | :55:56. | |
the ball. Passing to Gareth Davies. Rob Evans, with Scott Baldwin with | :55:57. | :56:17. | |
him. Penalty advantage is being played. Good tackle. No advantage, | :56:18. | :56:29. | |
it will be a penalty for Wales. I don't suppose Dan Biggar is going to | :56:30. | :56:32. | |
speed up his routine, having missed the first one. | :56:33. | :56:46. | |
Jedrasiak. Faletau seems OK. He watches, as Dan Biggar prepares. | :56:47. | :57:07. | |
Everyone can have a breather! This will take some time. | :57:08. | :57:27. | |
His sites reset, Dan Biggar puts Wales into the lead. Wales, three, | :57:28. | :57:45. | |
France, zero. They've dominated territory and possession. 20 | :57:46. | :57:50. | |
minutes, I don't think France have had one attack and that is three | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
points they have. They'll be glad to be in front but they lead to be a | :57:56. | :58:03. | |
bit more so. A height, hanging restart by Plisson, well taken by | :58:04. | :58:07. | |
Bradley Davies. Outside, fellows, outside. Cuthbert, having to be | :58:08. | :58:18. | |
careful there. Chouly, was he back on the ground? France are safely in | :58:19. | :58:27. | |
possession. Burban, the flanker, number seven. A good tackle on the | :58:28. | :58:40. | |
moors from Bradley Davies. -- on the -- on Maxime Mermoz. | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
Plisson looking for the second wave. Play on, nothing has gone forwards | :58:47. | :58:58. | |
yet. They aren't offering anything at the moment. The only man taking | :58:59. | :59:03. | |
on the defensive line, Maxime Medard. They seem to be looking to | :59:04. | :59:07. | |
him to create something and then go for it. Vakatawa occasionally. Alun | :59:08. | :59:22. | |
Wyn Jones' tackle. Alun Wyn Jones winning the line-out again. And | :59:23. | :59:25. | |
that's a penalty advantage, free kick advantage. Davies hitting the | :59:26. | :59:36. | |
blindside. That's very clever play by Davies. I think George North just | :59:37. | :59:40. | |
reacted a bit too slowly. He saw the opportunity. They were | :59:41. | :59:56. | |
short on the blindside. Up she goes from the free kick. Good | :59:57. | :00:02. | |
catch from Alexandre Flanquart. The ball has spent a lot of time up | :00:03. | :00:20. | |
there. Again, a fabulous catch by Liam Williams. Callahan tries to | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
hold him up but it is there for Davis. Rob Evans, as many passes as | :00:28. | :00:38. | |
the scrum-half! Wales suddenly moving. Jonathan Davies tries to | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
handoff Damian Chouly. Liam Williams. Scott Baldwin. Bradley | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
Davies makes half a yard. Jonathan Davies, from Dan Biggar. | :00:58. | :01:19. | |
France have to be careful. Anybody upended, all the officials start to | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
have a good look at it. I think we need a pick and drive. We | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
have just one French player in the contact area. Wales have got to pick | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
and drive, pick and drive to drag them defenders in. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
Bradley Davies did well to pick it up. Challenging for the ball, Liam | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
Williams. Vrimi Vakatawa comes away with it. France just a few metres | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
from their own line. They are going to try and run it | :01:48. | :02:06. | |
out. The second row. And they are getting further away from the | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
touchline. That was a long kick from Jules Plisson but it doesn't seem to | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
bother him. Dan Biggar. George North on his shoulder. Ignores him and | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
finds Jonathan Davies. "The Damian Chouly makes the tackle. | :02:22. | :02:33. | |
Sam Warburton. They are going for the strip. Wales wants to get the | :02:34. | :02:43. | |
ball to ground. Good defence. Good defence by number seven. Antoine | :02:44. | :02:52. | |
Burban. Stop. How could down. | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
His body angle is a bit high. He usually carries with a good body | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
Again, just watch. A tackle. | :03:05. | :03:18. | |
Again, just watch. A The prop goes in. The scrum-half is | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
on his own. Gareth Davies spots it and if he gives a yard closer, that | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
is an opportunity. Well spotted by Gareth Davies. Gareth Davies | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
is an opportunity. Well spotted by He did actually call him as well. He | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
did call to George North but he might not have heard him early | :03:42. | :03:42. | |
enough. The water carriers make their exit. | :03:43. | :03:56. | |
It's not water! Under pressure from Dan Biggar, it | :03:57. | :04:30. | |
will be an attacking throw for Wales. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Whatever you say about Guy Noves and his changes around the philosophy of | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
attack, France have offered very little. It almost appears as though | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
they are making it up as they go along. They don't know where they | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
are taking the ball in, they don't have the right players. Awful. It | :04:49. | :04:57. | |
really is shameful. Not looking threatening at the | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
moment. There is no one carrying the ball. | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
Very lateral. Bradley Davies. Good ball. Bradley Davies went for the | :05:06. | :05:17. | |
subtle pass and it hasn't worked. And Wales get the penalty. Antoine | :05:18. | :05:26. | |
Burban is feeling the effects of being flattened by Sam Warburton. | :05:27. | :05:36. | |
That is a brave tackle. Big hit. There we are. Alun Wyn Jones is over | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
him straightaway. He is hanging on. He has rolled over, Dell hanging on. | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
This is the big hit. He has got to check that out. | :05:46. | :06:05. | |
Antoine Burban. Sam Warburton enjoyed it but Antoine Burban did | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
not. He is going off for the head injury assessment. And Wales have | :06:14. | :06:23. | |
the penalty. Loann Goujon comes on for France. | :06:24. | :06:33. | |
I think I ought to put into context the comments I made about France | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
-shameful. When you compare their past and the way they have been able | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
to play, this isn't even a shadow. Half an hour gone. This is to put | :06:42. | :07:03. | |
Wales six points ahead. It is good. Second penalty. | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
You need to knock those over. If you are not getting over the try line, | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
you have to turn that pressure into points. It is the only way they are | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
looking like getting points, through the boot of Dan Biggar. | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
And it is him his catches the restart, putting it down very | :07:31. | :07:31. | |
delicately. A good tackle by Taulupe Faletau. | :07:32. | :07:48. | |
Callahan. France, through their forwards. | :07:49. | :08:03. | |
Jonathan Danty has been very quiet. Samson Lee couldn't quite steal it. | :08:04. | :08:18. | |
Bradley Davies with the tackle. Vrimi Vakatawa. Dan Biggar made a | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
tackle. Sam Warburton. Danger from France. They have suddenly come to | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
life. I think they heard Brian Moore! | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
They have to back the forwards around the ball but it is suddenly a | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
different France altogether. Guirado delivers. | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
Another couple of hard yard gained. Jefferson Poirot, the prop, over the | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
ball. Ever closer, France creep. Jefferson | :08:53. | :09:05. | |
Poirot, again, in support. And on the ground. Loann Goujon over the | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
ball for the French. Guirado weights. Masataka Mikami hovers. | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
Penalty to Wales. Great kick! Great kick! That is how | :09:24. | :09:35. | |
dangerous France can be. Yeah, sealing off. This is how they | :09:36. | :09:59. | |
got into that position. Inside ball from Jules Plisson. And there is the | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
winner, Vrimi Vakatawa. Plenty of winners on the left-hand side. | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
Everything starts coming off from the opportunity. When they are on | :10:08. | :10:21. | |
the front foot, they pick up the tempo. | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
Actually, if you look at just before then, now then, that's not a tackle | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
for me. He has not used his arms at all. | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
I think Wayne Barnes is agreeing with you. | :10:36. | :10:50. | |
You have to make an attempt to use your arms in the tackle and there | :10:51. | :10:59. | |
wasn't one man. -- there wasn't one. We can take our time. It was six, | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
tackling with no arms. Penalty against Dan Lydiate. | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
This is the clearest penalty you will see. Dan Lydiate got it last | :11:14. | :11:21. | |
week, I thought wrongly. On this occasion he is going in and there is | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
no arm in the tackle whatsoever. The right arm is behind the shoulder, | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
then it goes to ground. Just watch. It is an easy, easy penalty for | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
Wayne Barnes and the TMO. It is also unnecessary. He is good | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
in the tackle. Defence has been solid. No reason to give that away. | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
Jules Plisson puts France on the scoreboard. | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
It will be interesting to see what the boys lay in the studio at | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
half-time because there is not much to talk about really. Wales have had | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
a lot of all and pressure but they haven't created much. France have | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
done hardly anything. It has been played between the 22s and defence | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
on top. Imagination is needed to break down the defence. | :12:14. | :12:21. | |
Callahan is tackled by Scott Baldwin, who is trapped. And he | :12:22. | :12:31. | |
comes. Rob Evans gets a fistful of shirt, enough to drag him down. | :12:32. | :12:45. | |
Liam Williams. The simplest of kicks for him. Dan Biggar. Thought I saw | :12:46. | :12:55. | |
danger. Liam Williams against Callahan. Davis has to go in and do | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
some ruck work. And they have turned it | :13:02. | :13:20. | |
over. France now trying to get their passing game going. A Welsh player | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
is down at the moment. As you know, we | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
at things. We me. | :13:31. | :13:40. | |
One of them is OK. Gareth Davies back on his feet. Sam | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
One of them is OK. Gareth Davies laces up. | :13:47. | :13:47. | |
George North laces up. | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
Davies goes in. Nothing laces up. | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
the tackle. Play on. He's committed. That's slow motion. He is committed. | :13:59. | :14:13. | |
On the list had said of the French scrum. | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
It will be interesting to see that in real-time. As you say, slow | :14:18. | :14:25. | |
It will be interesting to see that real-time, it will just the marginal | :14:26. | :14:27. | |
if anything. real-time, it will just the marginal | :14:28. | :14:42. | |
Real-time, just watch. That is nothing at all. Nothing whatsoever. | :14:43. | :14:50. | |
Fair play, nothing was given either. Scrum down, Welsh put in. | :14:51. | :14:58. | |
Yes, well done to the officials. Perhaps we don't say it enough. | :14:59. | :15:00. | |
Yes, well done to the officials. have a hard job, we do realise that. | :15:01. | :15:09. | |
Well, maybe not here. Enough! In the studio at half-time, | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
I would like to ask them whether Wayne Barnes was allowed to go back | :15:16. | :15:18. | |
for that an Aussie. Does it go against the protocol? -- for that | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
penalty. As long as the game hasn't | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
restarted. Wales have taken the kick though. | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
Only a technical thing but something to think about. | :15:34. | :15:43. | |
I am getting far too technical for myself! I am boring myself! | :15:44. | :15:55. | |
You've only just realised? Faletau feeds Gareth Davies. Davies. | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
The speed of Gareth Davies. Who is outside him? Davies spins. Another | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
kick from the scrum-half. Vrimi Vakatawa makes a mess of it. Maxime | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
Medard gets a foot to it. Liam Williams, diving for | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
denied. What a break that was! | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
That is a ready and run by this player. They cover him from the | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
scrum and he is away. We support should be with him. I | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
just wonder, there, the numbers were there. | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
The numbers, yeah. Maybe another option. The support should have been | :16:44. | :16:46. | |
with him so he didn't have to make the extra half a yard. A brilliant | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
break from this man. Electric. You have to say as well, it was a | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
brilliant cover. Was it Maxime Mermoz? | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
Maxime Medard. Maxime Medard. A real chance for Wales. They are in | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
the corner. Five metres from the French goal-line. | :17:14. | :17:34. | |
It is obviously a perfect time to score for Wales and actually, they | :17:35. | :17:43. | |
really need this to reflect the dominance they had. | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
Taulupe Faletau has made this a specialist position. Going for a big | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
eight man Drive. The first penalty to Wales from the five metre scrum. | :17:55. | :18:10. | |
Have a guess what's happening next! The forwards regroup. Another scrum. | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
Warren Gatland looks on. Robyn Lyn right looks on. | :18:17. | :18:23. | |
Interestingly, the entire Welsh backline apart from the right wing | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
is inside the left-hand posts. Very, very narrow. | :18:30. | :18:48. | |
Time is off. Another lecture coming. I need the shoulder coming out. | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
Clearly out. Let's go. I am sorry to say this but I don't | :18:56. | :19:07. | |
think referees should give technical advice. Have a scrum and if they do | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
it wrong, Pina lies them. If they don't, leave them alone. -- | :19:12. | :19:24. | |
penalised. Reset again. Everybody has an | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
opinion. Just listen to me, OK? I'm going to | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
speak English, OK? Your English is fantastic. We have got to get this | :19:38. | :19:40. | |
better for the game. I need you both hitting higher and a bit closer | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
together. Number one's shoulder is out. A little bit closer and to the | :19:45. | :19:56. | |
left. OK. Just come a little bit closer. Thank you. | :19:57. | :20:07. | |
Most of these problems could be stopped if referees verbally | :20:08. | :20:16. | |
enforced the no pushing, no driving at all after engagement, before the | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
ball is in. So that the feet are not going. You see, the feet are moving. | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
They are all trying to go early. Faletau had gone out. George North | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
picks up for the top he batters into Maxime Mermoz. It is there for | :20:35. | :20:43. | |
Gareth Davies. Jonathan Davies. Back in the grasp of the forwards. | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
Faletau. Davies. Scott Baldwin, just a metre short. Penalty to France. | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
The single runner. French were swarming all over him. | :20:56. | :21:07. | |
He was slightly isolated and that was always on the cards. When they | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
go in at half-time, Warren Gatland will think, actually, we have done | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
reasonably well. The half-time whistle blows and it | :21:20. | :21:28. | |
has been a low scoring affair. At half-time - 6-3. | :21:29. | :21:36. | |
12 months ago in Paris, the score was the same. This was the closest | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
we came to a try. Liam Williams was foiled at the last. Here are the | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
facts and figures. Jonathan Davies gave us a big | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
build-up, saying there is nothing to talk about. It is not the selectable | :21:55. | :22:03. | |
you predicted, Ali Williams. I thought it would be quite | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
different, thought both sides would have more energy to play the ball. I | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
don't know what we are watching here apart from the fact Wayne Barnes is | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
free. It is one of those games when he seems to be controlling it and | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
there is no real cohesion on the French attack. It is disjointed in | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
terms of they haven't trained so much and I think in terms of the | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
Welsh, they are trying but it is almost like they like whatever it is | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
will write down the French. Territory is 70-30% in the favour of | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
Wales. A 3-point advantage is nothing. I | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
think the French will be happy going in three points behind. Fantastic | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
break I Gareth Davies but they are lacking the clinical edge. Wales | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
tend to get better is the second half but I would like to give them a | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
few nudges because we were falling asleep. | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
It wasn't great. And from a French perspective? | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
We were under pressure. We don't have so many opportunities and | :23:10. | :23:11. | |
instead of kicking the penalty from 50 metres, lady we can kick to | :23:12. | :23:18. | |
touch, make a drooling more -- rolling maul. Every time we are | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
kicking the ball, we don't get it back. | :23:25. | :23:27. | |
If you are looking for sanity with a spark, Gareth Davies is it. | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
He is so dynamic. Electric. Give him a yard. He is so quick. I think he | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
is feeling the effects from this sendoff. If he gives it to Dan | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
Biggar who is screaming for it... There are another two guys on the | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
outside. He didn't need to kick the ball. You should never kick to the | :23:52. | :23:54. | |
opposition 22. You could see Vrimi | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
opposition 22. end, he should put the ball out. | :24:00. | :24:01. | |
You can see the Welsh are drilled team because they have | :24:02. | :24:10. | |
angled the scrum on purpose. They should have got this. They should be | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
finishing those things. You mean they train more than the | :24:17. | :24:19. | |
French? An interesting point. A lot of those | :24:20. | :24:23. | |
players played last weekend in the top 14 and some of them played 50 or | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
60 minutes. Some of them played on Sunday so a five-day turnaround. | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
That is why we say the French championship is crazy because you | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
don't give the opportunity to the team to be successful. They don't | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
train during the tournament and some of them played today in the | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
championship. It is mad. If you want the French team to be successful, | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
you have to give them the potential. Vrimi Vakatawa can be scintillating | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
but he can be a liability as well. Really well played. Jules Plisson is | :25:00. | :25:02. | |
wide. Vrimi Vakatawa makes the Really well played. Jules Plisson is | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
difference but Maxime Medard should give the opportunity | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
difference but Maxime Medard should he goes wide and Maxine Mechenaud | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
has to give the ball to Guirado and the game is stop. We don't have so | :25:18. | :25:24. | |
many opportunities and when we do good things, we are not clinical | :25:25. | :25:26. | |
many opportunities and when we do we don't finish it so we need to be | :25:27. | :25:28. | |
more accurate, you know, we don't finish it so we need to be | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
The game is becoming so professional that opportunities are becoming more | :25:36. | :25:38. | |
limited and when they do appear, you have to be | :25:39. | :25:39. | |
limited and when they do appear, you let's hold on. We will go one more | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
phase or tackle and the space will open up. At the moment it is like, | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
we have made a break and we don't make breaks in the Six | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
we have made a break and we don't let's go for it. | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
In both those situations, would New Zealand have scored? | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
I think so, I hope so. Yes. We analysed Sam Warburton. How | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
has he played block it back. Full of energy. | :26:09. | :26:38. | |
Justin Tipuric will have a big impact when he comes on as well. | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
Add another Welsh player playing well- Liam Williams. A ruck and the | :26:43. | :26:50. | |
high ball. -- he is great under the high ball. | :26:51. | :26:52. | |
The French don't have many options in attack and he is diffusing | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
The French don't have many options attack straightaway and turning the | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
balance of power back the Welsh. But there is no challenge. Vrimi | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
Vakatawa had a chance but he is out of the ball so we need to put more | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
Vakatawa had a chance but he is out pressure. There are a couple of | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
French guys but not committed to the ball really. | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
Here is the last shot of it. I have to say, Dan Biggar under the high | :27:19. | :27:25. | |
ball as well. He is like a fielder. You have to be brave and courageous | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
and that is the edge Wales have over France. France are playing a | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
well-organised Welsh attack and not to take that, they will be | :27:35. | :27:36. | |
disappointed. Three penalties. If it comes down to | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
a kicking duel, Jules Plisson kicks it from anywhere so Wales might be | :27:43. | :27:47. | |
worried. It comes down to indiscipline. | :27:48. | :27:52. | |
This is something that doesn't need to happen. The Johnny Sexton charge | :27:53. | :27:59. | |
that results in a sanction. That kind of thing. And Faletau coming up | :28:00. | :28:03. | |
for the top was this a yellow card, does anybody think? | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
This was a yellow card. He has time to pull out of that. You | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
This was a yellow card. He has time need that in the game. You actually | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
don't need it. I don't think that is... It is | :28:16. | :28:21. | |
definitely a penalty. It is something that Dan Lydiate needs to | :28:22. | :28:28. | |
look at. Is it not a yellow card because | :28:29. | :28:31. | |
there is no malice? The other ones you could cast as | :28:32. | :28:37. | |
cheap shots. That is head-on and he has is technique wrong so I don't | :28:38. | :28:39. | |
think it is card. I was a bit shocked when the French | :28:40. | :28:46. | |
were close to the line. He has been consistent because when the Welsh | :28:47. | :28:49. | |
did the same thing at the end of the first half, you know, he whistled | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
for exactly the same thing. I thought that was good. Wayne | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
Barnes is always consistent, blowing the whistle! | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
Ali Williams! It is nine years ago now! You can't change history! For | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
those of you not aware, in a World Cup quarterfinal here in Cardiff. | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
Watch it on YouTube. It ruined my life! | :29:14. | :29:20. | |
It might have been a forward pass. Can't complain! I think we have | :29:21. | :29:23. | |
exhausted the first half. Anything else? This is what we have tomorrow. | :29:24. | :29:37. | |
Following that, England and Ireland. England women play Ireland women and | :29:38. | :29:38. | |
a Rugby special on Sunday If we talk about England versus | :29:39. | :29:48. | |
Ireland tomorrow, the first time back at Twickenham for Chris | :29:49. | :29:50. | |
Robshaw, you know... When I look at Twickenham, it is a | :29:51. | :30:03. | |
fantastic place for rugby. When you speak about the World Cup, it will | :30:04. | :30:07. | |
always be a part of me in the team and what we went through and there | :30:08. | :30:10. | |
was no getting away from that. So many great memories as well. Was | :30:11. | :30:17. | |
there a point when you thought Australia might have been the last | :30:18. | :30:24. | |
test? Yeah, you are not really sure. I | :30:25. | :30:28. | |
think when the coaches had gone and everybody is in limbo and you are | :30:29. | :30:32. | |
not sure how things have gone, you are always unsure about what to | :30:33. | :30:38. | |
expect. I think being in a national setup. | :30:39. | :30:39. | |
The captaincy has gone elsewhere since. | :30:40. | :30:46. | |
Was that a blow? In all honesty, it was something I was expecting. I | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
spoke to Eddie a number of times and he was always honest with me. He | :30:52. | :30:55. | |
didn't eat around the bush. With new coaches and a new team and stuff and | :30:56. | :31:01. | |
Dylan Hartley has been great. Quite a strong personality. | :31:02. | :31:05. | |
Is he keeping you on your toes? I think playing international rugby | :31:06. | :31:08. | |
keeps you on your toes. You have to perform every time. Eddie has been | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
mixing training up a lot is rough and as players you always want to go | :31:14. | :31:14. | |
out and perform. I've been impressed with how he's | :31:15. | :31:23. | |
worked behind the scenes to make sure the team keeps going. You need | :31:24. | :31:29. | |
glue players and he's one of them. At six now, are you finding your | :31:30. | :31:33. | |
feet in test rugby, your natural home? For myself is about playing | :31:34. | :31:41. | |
and being in the team. Now I've moved to six and that's where I'm | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
focusing. If I play at seven from time to time, so be it. You want to | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
do your bit for the team, whatever. The last coming in played at | :31:51. | :31:54. | |
Twickenham, how important is the performance against Ireland? It's | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
about winning, isn't it? We respect Ireland but it is about focusing on | :32:01. | :32:03. | |
ourselves, us improving, what we need to do. We respect their | :32:04. | :32:10. | |
strengths but is all about getting our game out there, being in front | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
of the home crowd. A lot of English eyes on Chris Robshaw tomorrow. | :32:17. | :32:20. | |
Irish eyes on Jonny Sexton because a lot of people are saying, is he the | :32:21. | :32:26. | |
player he was? He was targeted by the French and England say they are | :32:27. | :32:29. | |
going to go for him as well. How would you respond? I was fly half | :32:30. | :32:37. | |
and the back row players, and Martyn was one of them, I had nightmares | :32:38. | :32:41. | |
because they target the fly half all of the time. You are the main guy on | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
the team and if you are targeted, it means you have to create more space | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
for the other players. That's the way the game is and you must accept | :32:51. | :32:55. | |
it. You have to go with the rules, sometimes they go over the rules, | :32:56. | :32:58. | |
but the contacts are so strong you have to accept it. It is a huge game | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
for Ireland because of their dominance in domestic rugby and | :33:06. | :33:08. | |
internationally, in Europe, losing three in a row at the start of the | :33:09. | :33:13. | |
Six Nations would be unthinkable. You have to feel for England, | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
decimated by injury, picking up key injuries. Can take a lot of hope | :33:19. | :33:24. | |
from Wales, similar situation, loads of first choice players out and they | :33:25. | :33:26. | |
pulled off something special and they will have to do something | :33:27. | :33:30. | |
special. England look really strong at the moment. What is your take on | :33:31. | :33:37. | |
Eddie Jones at the helm for England? He is doing his stuff, he is riling | :33:38. | :33:43. | |
people up, getting in there. What people don't see, he's instilling a | :33:44. | :33:46. | |
confidence with the guys. Instilling a belief, be your own person and | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
coming to the environment and when you on the field, it's you, not me, | :33:53. | :33:57. | |
not the person I want, it is you. You can see that in the Vunipola | :33:58. | :34:03. | |
boys, and even Robshaw, he has more confidence and he's excited to play | :34:04. | :34:07. | |
the game. Dylan Hartley for me has grown. For me it is quite a worrying | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
sign, English rugby is getting better, French rugby is going to get | :34:14. | :34:17. | |
better and Irish rugby, they are going through a tricky patch. I must | :34:18. | :34:21. | |
ask you, it may surprise people, as a man who spent most of your life in | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
a scrum with your head in various places, you have a great vision for | :34:28. | :34:32. | |
the game, how it should be played. Before we came on air, you were | :34:33. | :34:35. | |
talking about your frustrations and we had a fantastic example at the | :34:36. | :34:40. | |
end of the half when there was a scrum on 37 minutes 20 of the first | :34:41. | :34:45. | |
half, still two and a half minutes to go and it took two minutes 24 the | :34:46. | :34:51. | |
scrum to set. Is that entertainment? It isn't, we can refresh the game to | :34:52. | :34:57. | |
the global audience, we can spruce it up and make it more modern. And | :34:58. | :35:02. | |
we are going through that, it's just a slow process. For me we have to | :35:03. | :35:06. | |
get back to the people who support the game and love it, the fans. | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
There are opportunities to do that. I'm sure that World Rugby will | :35:12. | :35:15. | |
evolve and they will harness it. A lot of us love the game and want to | :35:16. | :35:20. | |
see it better. Can France win this? We didn't play very well in the | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
first half, we can only do better but I say that every weekend. Last | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
week the bench made the difference, let's hope that today is the same. | :35:29. | :35:35. | |
Super-confident, worried? Confident. This is the story of the half. | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
COMMENTATOR: Round 3 of the Six Nations, Friday night in Cardiff. | :35:43. | :35:50. | |
Wales against France. Dan Biggar for the first points. He missed. | :35:51. | :35:57. | |
Plisson, the distance isn't a problem, but direction, not so good. | :35:58. | :36:04. | |
But Wales into the lead. That's the only way they are looking at like | :36:05. | :36:09. | |
getting points, from the boot. Williams, going for the try, denied. | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
It has been a low scoring affair. STUDIO: Low scoring but surely there | :36:18. | :36:21. | |
will be more points in the second half. Last time it was 6-3, Wales | :36:22. | :36:29. | |
won 25 and 13. Can Wales repeat it? COMMENTATOR: Thank you, here's | :36:30. | :36:32. | |
hoping. Wayne Barnes blowing his COMMENTATOR: Thank you, here's | :36:33. | :36:44. | |
whistle. Djbril Camara catching the ball under pressure from Alex | :36:45. | :36:46. | |
Cuthbert, who gets away from his ball under pressure from Alex | :36:47. | :36:49. | |
opposite number. Wales have turned him over. It has gone back, it is a | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
knock-on. It is a scrum. Let's hope this one doesn't take two and a half | :36:57. | :37:06. | |
minutes. Do you want to bet! No, no. It isn't a caricature, because I | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
feel I know something It isn't a caricature, because I | :37:11. | :37:14. | |
but tell me, you are not a It isn't a caricature, because I | :37:15. | :37:18. | |
player, what we are seeing, as a spectacle, is it, or is it not? It | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
isn't. They have to do something about it, it's boring Monk lovely | :37:24. | :37:27. | |
blindside. -- it's boring Monk Faletau dealing well cars it's | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
boring! Machenaud is going to attack Dan | :37:33. | :37:44. | |
Biggar. If Faletau can run at Machenaud, | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
Biggar. If Faletau can run at overlap. It is the scrum, here comes | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
Faletau. Such direction. Biggar, passing to Jonathan Davies. Faletau. | :37:55. | :37:59. | |
Sam Warburton. Great interplay. Gareth Davies is waiting. Dan | :38:00. | :38:06. | |
Lydiate, superb catch, but it has slowed everything down. Davies is | :38:07. | :38:11. | |
waiting again. Repositioning Bradley Davies. The other second row, Alun | :38:12. | :38:21. | |
Wyn Jones. In front of the French posts. They are short on the | :38:22. | :38:30. | |
left-hand side. Great tackle. Great tackle. Didn't quite get a full head | :38:31. | :38:38. | |
of steam up, Roberts. Still Ben for Wales. Biggar is waiting. -- still | :38:39. | :38:54. | |
Clare. No, no. -- still there. It is Vakatawa. It is a penalty. We are | :38:55. | :39:02. | |
going to look at this again. That is a tip tackle. Just a | :39:03. | :39:30. | |
penalty. OK, that's a penalty. He is coming 100 may be a -- he is coming | :39:31. | :39:38. | |
100 mph and the momentum has taken him higher. It is a penalty, nothing | :39:39. | :39:47. | |
else. There's no way, no way he can stop him. It is just a penalty. It | :39:48. | :39:54. | |
is getting sanitised. That is a brilliant tackle. Going to the point | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
made in the studio, France had an opportunity in the first half and | :40:02. | :40:03. | |
Wales have had a couple, one in the second half. It's all about | :40:04. | :40:09. | |
composure. You make the break, you recycle the ball, you hold your | :40:10. | :40:12. | |
depth and then you can score a try from the next phase. They have been | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
rushing. What let Wales down was a simple pass which was well fielded, | :40:19. | :40:24. | |
down by his ankles, so they couldn't carry on moving. That is poor | :40:25. | :40:31. | |
execution. Wales, nine, France, three. | :40:32. | :40:43. | |
Changes for France. Jedrasiak is going off. Bezy, he won't bring any | :40:44. | :41:00. | |
innocence to the field! Not well taken. Advantage, France. Untidy, | :41:01. | :41:08. | |
from Wales. Having just extended their lead, to six points. Untidy | :41:09. | :41:14. | |
and very unusual from Alun Wyn Jones, who is one of the best locks | :41:15. | :41:20. | |
in the world. And he had time. Can't understand it either. I think in | :41:21. | :41:29. | |
front of the French line you have to give some credit to the French | :41:30. | :41:30. | |
scrambled defence as well. Maxime Machenaud reading the scrum. | :41:31. | :41:58. | |
-- feeding. Chouly reaching for it. Roberts with the title. Maestri, | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
into the thick of it. Mermoz got the ball out of the | :42:04. | :42:17. | |
tackle. If they kicked to George North, he's | :42:18. | :42:38. | |
going to charge. Mermoz is back now. Advantage over. A chance for | :42:39. | :42:48. | |
Machenaud to launch from halfway. Alex Cuthbert pushing him back. | :42:49. | :42:58. | |
Poirot, the prop, losing it. Now a real chance for Wales. Jonathan | :42:59. | :43:05. | |
Davies, kicking it long. George North, the bounce is everything. | :43:06. | :43:09. | |
Control is everything. The second chance for North and he takes it the | :43:10. | :43:18. | |
second time! Is an element of luck in that, I think. -- there is an | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
element of luck. He had the second time, he missed it, and then Plisson | :43:26. | :43:32. | |
kicked it back to George North. A great bit of vision, great speed | :43:33. | :43:37. | |
from George North. No one at home. And just watch this. He has plenty | :43:38. | :43:42. | |
of time to pick it up. He kicked it, missed it, Plisson kicked it, picked | :43:43. | :43:49. | |
it up and scored a try. Jonathan Davies with the kick. George's chair | :43:50. | :43:56. | |
shot coming up! He had a second chance -- chair | :43:57. | :43:59. | |
it was well spotted. I presume he's bothered it. Mermoz running on the | :44:00. | :44:09. | |
wing against North. I don't know where the winger was, but not | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
perhaps where he should have been. This will force France, they have to | :44:16. | :44:22. | |
play now. How, though? Is symptomatic of what they are doing, | :44:23. | :44:28. | |
from the last set play they took the ball around the corner, they looked | :44:29. | :44:31. | |
organised but they didn't know what they were doing. | :44:32. | :44:38. | |
Dan Biggar adding two points. 6-3 at half-time and quickly becomes 16-3, | :44:39. | :44:51. | |
for Wales. And conversely, Jonathan. Here we go, Warburton, chemical, | :44:52. | :44:59. | |
take the tackle and go through the phases. You have to take anything | :45:00. | :45:02. | |
take the tackle and go through the that is given to you. A good finish. | :45:03. | :45:06. | |
Liam Williams with the catch. Chance for Wales. Oh, again, a bit | :45:07. | :45:14. | |
overexcited now. One of the things, they want to offload, but what they | :45:15. | :45:20. | |
are doing, France, they are off-loading as a matter of principle | :45:21. | :45:27. | |
and not practicality. You can't just go into tackles with the intent of | :45:28. | :45:31. | |
off-loading and execute that, irrespective of whether it is on. | :45:32. | :45:42. | |
And most of the tackles it is not on. You would expect more, really. | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
Calm down, you are looking at me like a madman! Yes, calm down, we | :45:50. | :45:55. | |
agree with you. Shouldn't be off-loading when there is nothing | :45:56. | :45:59. | |
on, really. Just play the percentages, keep your composure, | :46:00. | :46:06. | |
recycle, play in the right areas. Good French scrum. Machenaud coming | :46:07. | :46:11. | |
away with it. Guirado slips and gets back up. | :46:12. | :46:44. | |
Really struggling to get over the gain line, the ball is so slow. | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
Maestri tries to get them going, he loses it and the referee says keep | :46:50. | :46:50. | |
going. Slimani, the other prop. Vakatawa | :46:51. | :46:58. | |
trying to get involved. Danty is held up, but still in | :46:59. | :47:19. | |
French hands. Very, very, narrow. There is no one holding their width. | :47:20. | :47:26. | |
The winner is in the stand-off position. Ryan Evans is trying to | :47:27. | :47:34. | |
hold up the big winger. It's slow from Machenaud. Jamie Roberts holds | :47:35. | :47:46. | |
up Lauret. Gareth Davies stripping the ball from Camara. Wales bundling | :47:47. | :47:53. | |
the new winger almost into touch. Still in play for France. | :47:54. | :48:05. | |
Lydiate's chop tackle. Scott Baldwin has to get away there. This will be | :48:06. | :48:22. | |
an interesting call, do you go for the three points? One thing | :48:23. | :48:25. | |
an interesting call, do you go for they've done quite well, the catch | :48:26. | :48:29. | |
and drive. If I were France I would put the ball in the corner and get | :48:30. | :48:33. | |
the line-out and drive. That's what we are doing. That's one thing they | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
can do well. -- that is what they are doing. The captain, Guirado. | :48:40. | :48:51. | |
They can take their time. I think it's a dislocated finger. Give it a | :48:52. | :49:05. | |
quick tug, strap it up and carry on. Great recovery. Here is the try, it | :49:06. | :49:15. | |
is good vision from Jonathan Davies. The French players are running back | :49:16. | :49:21. | |
is if they don't have a care in the world. George North missed it, | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
Plisson kicked it. Very good pick-up, easy finish. You have to | :49:26. | :49:31. | |
Plisson kicked it. Very good say that for Plisson's quality, why | :49:32. | :49:38. | |
didn't he drop on the ball? That will give George North confidence, | :49:39. | :49:42. | |
two tries in two games. France going for the long ball. They are in the | :49:43. | :49:52. | |
air. That is good around the base. That's brilliant. Alun Wyn Jones, | :49:53. | :50:01. | |
Sam Warburton and Lydiate, brilliant from those three players, especially | :50:02. | :50:10. | |
Warburton. Trying to peel around the left-hand side. That is a brilliant | :50:11. | :50:18. | |
stop. If you see here, well... Lydiate is offside, there. Sorry. | :50:19. | :50:24. | |
Straight through the line-out. There we are. | :50:25. | :50:31. | |
The heavyweight work. There's to do. Wales now have the put-in. Close to | :50:32. | :50:45. | |
their goal line, only five metres away. | :50:46. | :50:59. | |
Wales giving away the penalty. Uncomfortable, Brian knows about | :51:00. | :51:09. | |
striking when you are in a good position. France should go for the | :51:10. | :51:18. | |
corner here. They have. Five metre line-out, for the second time. More | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
support here for France, unlike the last time they shouldn't rush to go | :51:25. | :51:28. | |
forwards. Set it up properly, get it to the back properly. Go further | :51:29. | :51:34. | |
back. You can do that, even going backwards, provided there is a base. | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
Then when you go forwards, you are solid. Don't rush. Goujon is coming | :51:40. | :51:45. | |
on for a second time, this time for the rest of the game. Wearing 20, in | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
the scrum-half position for the moment. I think he's about to add | :51:51. | :52:02. | |
his weight to the drive. Guirado has it at the back. On comes the big | :52:03. | :52:10. | |
French drive. Who has the ball? Penalty advantage, for France. | :52:11. | :52:20. | |
France kicking towards Camara. Liam Williams arrives. Medard for the | :52:21. | :52:23. | |
corner. Bundled into touch, but there will be a penalty bag on the | :52:24. | :52:34. | |
other side. -- penalty back. Tremendous scrambled difference from | :52:35. | :52:40. | |
Wales. He is offside, Faletau. He's very lucky there isn't a yellow | :52:41. | :52:41. | |
card. Lydiate in the very lucky there isn't a yellow | :52:42. | :52:48. | |
and now Faletau. Clever kick, it is a free play. Camara does well, but | :52:49. | :52:53. | |
great defence by the Welsh backline again. Cuthbert, brilliant tackle. | :52:54. | :53:02. | |
But they have to be careful. I'm surprised Wayne Barnes hasn't worn | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
somebody. Should be a card, attacking position, going forwards. | :53:07. | :53:14. | |
-- hasn't warned anybody. Here we go again, take three. Five metre | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
line-out. Guirado with the throw. Maestri with the catch. Wales | :53:20. | :53:28. | |
getting a little nudge on the defence. Trying to push France | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
towards the touchline. France spinning it back infield. The ball | :53:35. | :53:39. | |
these to go further back. Going to ground. Guirado picks it up and | :53:40. | :53:46. | |
charges. Close to the goal line. Great charge by the captain. | :53:47. | :53:53. | |
Vakatawa with the pick-up. Inches, now. The ball these to go wide now. | :53:54. | :54:00. | |
France with the put-in. I'm not sure, you know, Vakatawa is always | :54:01. | :54:09. | |
in there. I would be happier if he stayed out and kept the width in the | :54:10. | :54:17. | |
attack. That was a really good initial surge, getting a lot of | :54:18. | :54:21. | |
ground but the ball has to come back faster. The change. Wayne Barnes is | :54:22. | :54:32. | |
looking. Gethin Jenkins is coming on for Wales. Rob Evans comes off. | :54:33. | :54:47. | |
First job, a tricky one, Brian. Fastly experienced, Gethin Jenkins. | :54:48. | :54:56. | |
Although he has had problems in the past -- very experienced. 15 tackles | :54:57. | :55:03. | |
made by Faletau, to add to the 33 made in the first two games. | :55:04. | :55:10. | |
Brilliant player, he is. His work is phenomenal, his touch. He doesn't | :55:11. | :55:13. | |
really get the credit I think, that he deserves. The clock has stopped. | :55:14. | :55:31. | |
As a fly half, if you could have the ball as an attacking opportunity, | :55:32. | :55:38. | |
would you want this, or would you want the forwards to push for the | :55:39. | :55:45. | |
try? You would have to have one drive in first. Vakatawa, or | :55:46. | :55:48. | |
something. Goujon picking up on his own. Chouly feeding Plisson. Danty, | :55:49. | :56:01. | |
going long towards Camara. Into the arms of Jonathan Davies, who holds | :56:02. | :56:09. | |
him up. Roll away. And the advantage against Jonathan Davies. Flanquart, | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
tackled by Jonathan Davies. Plisson, going higher this time. | :56:14. | :56:20. | |
That's a penalty advantage. He isn't going away, number 13. He | :56:21. | :56:54. | |
is lying there, offside, not moving away. Players always | :56:55. | :56:57. | |
is lying there, offside, not moving couldn't help it, they were caught, | :56:58. | :57:02. | |
but Unufe exactly what you were doing. -- but you knew. | :57:03. | :57:13. | |
It is another five metre line-out. Maestri. Another driving maul. This | :57:14. | :57:25. | |
one has more to it. Guirado is in Maestri. Another driving maul. This | :57:26. | :57:33. | |
touch of it, frosting for the line. Did he get down? -- thrusting. It | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
won't be a five metre line-out, it is a five metre scrum. One player | :57:40. | :57:44. | |
has stood out for France, the captain. Guirado has been brilliant. | :57:45. | :57:52. | |
Ball carrying, defence, he has really put everything into this. | :57:53. | :58:01. | |
But if this bit | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
But if game over. Everyone has momentum in | :58:07. | :58:16. | |
games and this is France's momentum and they have to get something from | :58:17. | :58:18. | |
this pressure that Moving early. Free kick. Now that is | :58:19. | :58:18. | |
in the Welsh 22. Moving early. Free kick. Now that is | :58:19. | :58:40. | |
Wales, their third, fourth offence inside their 22. I'm not sure if he | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
has warned them yet. Doesn't really need to warn them. | :58:47. | :59:04. | |
Damien Chouly started at number eight for France and now he's in the | :59:05. | :59:10. | |
wing forward position on the far side of the scrum. The ball turns, | :59:11. | :59:19. | |
coming away. Jamie Roberts, heading it down, and Jonathan Davies puts | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
his boot through it. Plisson has to turn. Cuthbert is in front of him. | :59:25. | :59:32. | |
Medard on the dummy run. Chouly tackled by Jonathan Davies. | :59:33. | :59:39. | |
Medard on the dummy run. Chouly whistle has gone. You were ten | :59:40. | :59:41. | |
metres offside, coming all the way back. | :59:42. | :59:43. | |
metres offside, coming all the way offside. Faletau, offside. | :59:44. | :59:54. | |
He is ten metres offside and made the tackle. Number eight, there is a | :59:55. | :00:03. | |
kick and he is ten metres offside. He made the tackle. | :00:04. | :00:06. | |
Let's pick up number eight. He made the tackle. | :00:07. | :00:08. | |
There you are. Faletau was offside, way back. | :00:09. | :00:31. | |
Scrimmage here. Why are they having a scrum here? Why is the penalty | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
here? Faletau was offside... OK. I presume it was there, rather than | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
the kick a lot further away. Shouldn't a scrum be five yards out? | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
That's not where Faletau was. Or Jonathan Davies. For anybody. | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
That's not where Faletau was. Or You're right. Position is wrong. | :01:03. | :01:11. | |
Roberts wraps up the centre for the Welsh. The tackles go in. Alun Wyn | :01:12. | :01:21. | |
Jones hanging onto it. Guirado. Gethin Jenkins is over the ball. So | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
close to a turnover. As it is, here come the French. Liam | :01:27. | :01:46. | |
Williams hauling in towards touch. Alun Wyn Jones with the tackle. | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
Gethin Jenkins over the ball once again. Still in French hands. Loann | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
Goujon. Wales are just swallowing these | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
attacks. Jenkins, again. France are a man | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
short. Damian Chouly is out of action. Back | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
in the line now. Maxine Mechenaud can't release his hands for the | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
past. Here he is again for Vrimi Vakatawa. Not on the wing, but | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
involved. Number 14, still so close to the action. | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
The TMO thinks he has seen something so we might have to go back for the | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
top Maxime Mermoz. Jules Plisson gets away. George | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
North with the interception. He powered his way up to the 22 line. | :02:42. | :02:50. | |
Dan Biggar. The drama may not be over yet. Wayne Barnes holds play | :02:51. | :03:02. | |
up. He will have a chat the TMO. Tell me what I'm about to look at. | :03:03. | :03:17. | |
A tackle by 14 red and 13 red as well. | :03:18. | :03:31. | |
You mentioned a neck roll earlier on. | :03:32. | :03:51. | |
OK. Let me just tell you, I am seeing him really low. I'm not | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
seeing that as a clear penalty but thanks for putting it up. We've had | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
a chat and happy to play that. Well done, Wayne Barnes. Good | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
decision. The difference there is he is so low | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
to the floor. No action required. The French | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
defensive operation, no, the Welsh defensive operation has worked. Now, | :04:19. | :04:31. | |
France bring the changes. Mind you, Guirado is a good player. | :04:32. | :04:40. | |
This guy could be special. And comes Uini Atonio. | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
Camille Chat. And maybe the biggest change, Francois Trinh-Duc comes on. | :04:49. | :04:59. | |
The French tend to have the scrum-half as the general, so... I | :05:00. | :05:09. | |
just don't get it. I spoke to Tomas Castignet before the game and the | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
outside half can see more than the scrum-half. | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
To interrupt you, number 18, with the strange hair. Vincent Pelo, his | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
first cap. A prop. Another large one. Turnover. | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
Have Wales turned it over? Yet. It is there for Faletau. George | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
North has to chase another one. Yet. It is there for Faletau. George | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
Vrimi Vakatawa was in the right position but there was nothing he | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
could do. Precision from Dan Biggar. A great | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
kick. It gave the opportunity for the winner to chase. He might have | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
got there but as it was, it has put France right back on their heels. | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
There is the turnover. The body angle is too high. A lovely, lovely | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
kit. I think Dan Biggar has grown and | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
grown. He is a superb general. He has matured so much in the last | :06:16. | :06:23. | |
24 months. It will be interesting to see how much character we get from | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
the French side. They haven't scored, they are under pressure. | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
This is a test of character for the French side. Dan Biggar goes down. | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
It doesn't look serious. I think he is asking for time out for a bit of | :06:40. | :06:46. | |
cramp. Surely, if you don't want the scrum | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
to take ten minutes, tell the players to stop messing around. | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
Players will always do that. The referee is the only one who can give | :06:57. | :07:06. | |
a penalty. The Welsh forwards have a little | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
lecture of their own from Alun Wyn Jones. They have been on strict | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
defensive duty and are now on the attack. A change of mentality. | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
The way the game has gone, Jonathan, can you see any way back for France | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
at the moment? Before, no. | :07:38. | :07:49. | |
It will be a penalty to Wales after Loann Goujon came in from the side. | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
What will they do? Kick four points. -- kick points. | :07:53. | :08:02. | |
Keep the scoreboard ticking over. It puts over two scores in it. | :08:03. | :08:16. | |
A clear indication, simple decision. Take the points. Dan Biggar lines up | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
the kick. Sort of 19 minutes since Wales | :08:22. | :08:43. | |
scored a try and Dan Biggar was lining up his last kick. 19 minutes | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
of French attacks, close to the Welsh line. They've come away from | :08:49. | :08:50. | |
those with nothing. Which means they will feel the pain | :08:51. | :09:07. | |
of that Dan Biggar penalty all the more. The Welsh lead grows. | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
I think that maybe a signal for Wales cut loose. They have got the | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
game now. Dan Biggar celebrates. Neil Jenkins, | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
his personal coach, celebrates. Changes to the Welsh front low. | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
Scott Baldwin and Samson Lee go off. Ken Owens comes on as her car and | :09:34. | :09:41. | |
Tomas Francis on as tight head. There is the power of Taulupe | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Faletau. There is the power of Taulupe | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
He has got quick feet to get beyond the tackler. | :09:50. | :10:04. | |
Loann Goujon has to wait. Maxine Mechenaud. Passes | :10:05. | :10:06. | |
Loann Goujon has to wait. Maxine Sam Warburton with the tackle. | :10:07. | :10:20. | |
Maxime Medard. Gael Fickou is also on the pitch. An important tackle | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
from Jamie Roberts. There is immediately more shape when | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
Vincent and Duke comes on. -- when Francois Trinh-Duc comes on. | :10:36. | :10:42. | |
Even Gethin Jenkins has to yield. A couple of speed bumps! | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
Inside ball to Camille Chat. He gets the back. | :10:50. | :11:09. | |
He did very well there, Yoann Maestri. | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
George North with the tackle. The ball has gone into touch. Straight | :11:18. | :11:19. | |
Rip in the tackle. Line-out or out. | :11:20. | :11:30. | |
Rip in the tackle. Line-out or scrum? Line-out. | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
This is it. He straightens up. scrum? Line-out. | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
Simple stuff. scrum? Line-out. | :11:43. | :11:50. | |
the bulb again. There are a scrum? Line-out. | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
from the same club. Not a lightweight club. The old West | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
Coast. That's not straight but play on. Small mercy. | :12:03. | :12:18. | |
France enjoying plenty of possession in this second half. But no points | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
yet. Wales hold up the latest runner. | :12:27. | :12:35. | |
Tackle. Tackle. Tackle. Stripped. | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
Tackle. Tackle. Tackle. Gareth Davies. A chase for George | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
North. Maxime Medard back. Gareth Davies didn't need to kick | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
there. Struggling with cramp. I would get Dan Biggar off | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
straightaway. I would give Rhys Priestland time to come on and have | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
the last ten minutes in a game that is already won. I would bring Rhys | :13:00. | :13:08. | |
Priestland on. Get Dan Biggar off straightaway. | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
Camille Chat is thrown to the ground. There is the struggling Dan | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
Biggar. Not looking so bad. Liam Williams goes up for it. Brilliant | :13:24. | :13:35. | |
by the Welsh fullback. And it is recycled. Dan Biggar. Dan Lydiate. | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
It is on. Faletau droplet. A difficult past to make but you | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
expect Faletau to take everything that comes his way. | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
When you look at the quality of the Six Nations compared to the World | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
Cup, you can't leave those passes. You have to execute them. It doesn't | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
matter for Wales because they have won the game but in future it will | :14:06. | :14:07. | |
matter. There was the past. | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
Just behind him. A difficult path to take. | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
When you look at the way France are playing, people talk about | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
structured rugby and how boring it is that you need some structure to | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
set your patterns to try and get mismatches. To try and create space. | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
France are doing a couple of things but when the ball comes back, | :14:31. | :14:37. | |
France are doing a couple of things to attack and not getting support | :14:38. | :14:38. | |
players there. Huge reception for Dan Biggar. Rhys | :14:39. | :14:54. | |
Priestland is on in his place. A good ten minutes will do him a | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
world of good. He is a different player to Dan Biggar. He will attack | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
the line and bring the centres into the game and be far more | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
threatening. It will be nice to see Wales on the front foot and Rhys | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
Priestland having a good ten minutes now. | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
Sebastien Bezy comes on, a strange one, because Maxime Medard is going | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
off. Sebastien Bezy is a scrum-half/ outside half. | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
The first thing you do now is stick it in the air on him! | :15:34. | :15:43. | |
Welcome! Loann Goujon picks it up. A handoff. | :15:44. | :15:55. | |
Here is little Sebastien Bezy. Stumble on the ball. | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
Jonathan Davies had it for a second but it is back with Maxine | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
Mechenaud. A great tackle by Gethin Jenkins. Interesting. Although, Liam | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
Williams has it covered. A great pick-up from the fullback. He has | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
had a great game, Liam Williams. It is there for the Crown to rocking | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
French -- can to rocking French. Holding on. | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
First one. He is a feisty little one, Gareth | :16:30. | :16:42. | |
Davies. Loann Goujon has played OK since he | :16:43. | :16:57. | |
has come on. Sebastien Bezy doesn't make much | :16:58. | :17:10. | |
ground with that. A few metres. Guirado is back on. The captain is | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
back on, he has the ball and about to throw in. | :17:15. | :17:25. | |
Alexandre Flanquart feeds. Guirado is back, doing what he has done all | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
evening. Here is the other poker. Yes! Gethin Jenkins at his best! | :17:37. | :17:46. | |
Big congratulations for the veteran, Gethin Jenkins. | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
A good kick to touch now, a good attacking position for Wales to | :17:51. | :17:51. | |
finish on a high. You have to say, as poor as the | :17:52. | :18:04. | |
French have been creatively, Wales have been good in defence. Rarely | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
outflanked, done well at scrambling when they have had to. | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
I think they have missed the ball carrying of some of their big | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
players but they have to go forward first, even if they are trying to | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
change. Looking at them now, they've got to | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
change. look is, two scrum-half. It doesn't | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
get any easier. Liam Williams comes off. Well played, the Scarlets man. | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
Gareth Anscombe comes on in his place. | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
It doesn't get any easier, I understand that. It isn't easy when | :18:45. | :18:52. | |
you have a game plan from Inspector Clouseau. | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
Safe enough for Gareth Davies. The speed of the scrum-half. Is it going | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
to be the perfect finish for Wales? Faletau. Ken Owens. | :19:04. | :19:12. | |
Here it is for Bradley Davies. Gareth Davies, gain, and Alun Wyn | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
Jones keeps it infield. Dan Lydiate sets up they were -- set up the | :19:20. | :19:30. | |
ruck. Gethin Jenkins, whose turnover | :19:31. | :19:30. | |
helped produce this opportunity. Penalty to France. | :19:31. | :19:47. | |
Good play. Who is there a game? The French captain, brilliant. He has | :19:48. | :19:56. | |
had a big, big game, the French captain. He has lead by example. | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
He is not going to get man-of-the-match because it is | :20:02. | :20:04. | |
difficult to give it to players on a losing side but he has admixed | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
ordinary performance. He has shown up so well and it is difficult to do | :20:11. | :20:18. | |
on a losing side. -- had an extraordinary performance. | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
The French captain in what looks like a losing cause, but on they go. | :20:26. | :20:37. | |
Through the middle. Hands away. Ball is available. France try to | :20:38. | :20:46. | |
give it some wit. Now they might. Caught in midfield. For the moment. | :20:47. | :20:58. | |
Vrimi Vakatawa. Yoann Maestri. Little Sebastien Bezy. Camille Chat. | :20:59. | :21:17. | |
Lovely play from Francois Trinh-Duc. Jamie Roberts with the tackle. | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
These lines are much better. Look at that. | :21:24. | :21:25. | |
Where is the support? Not many with him. Here is the captain, Guirado, | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
to his other poker. -- to his other hooker. | :21:33. | :21:55. | |
Penalty advantage to France. Alexandre Flanquart. | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
Penalty advantage to France. Wrong side. Three and a bit minutes | :22:03. | :22:11. | |
to go. Trailing by 16 points, the instruction is to go for the corner. | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
The few instruction is to go for the corner. | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
have kept the jumper up in the air for an extended period in the | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
line-out. They might want to draw a penalty but if you don't get him | :22:27. | :22:27. | |
down quickly enough, they penalty but if you don't get him | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
build the structure around him and defending players get in gaps. You | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
need to get him up quick and down again. | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
Alun Wyn Jones leads the field. Dan Lydiate leaves, Gareth Davies leaves | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
the field. The man-of-the-match is just leaving | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
the field now. He is Wales and benign, Gareth Davies of top he is | :22:52. | :22:59. | |
my RBS Six Nations and the match. Liam Williams | :23:00. | :23:01. | |
my RBS Six Nations and the match. Evans. And Faletau. Big | :23:02. | :23:03. | |
performances. Evans. And Faletau. Big | :23:04. | :23:18. | |
there. Penalty advantage. Try. France are over the line. They | :23:19. | :23:28. | |
will go to deduct two TMO? Wayne Barnes had the best view of | :23:29. | :23:30. | |
that. Clearly held up. | :23:31. | :23:47. | |
line-out. We have finally got a warning. | :23:48. | :24:00. | |
Two minutes to go. To be honest, I think he has been a | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
bit lenient. I think it could have been earlier. | :24:04. | :24:15. | |
Yoann Maestri. The hanged time in the air lets Wales get a chance to | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
get in behind and drive. The surge is good. It has to be, | :24:20. | :24:22. | |
surely. It is a try for France. The surge is good. It has to be, | :24:23. | :24:32. | |
Too little, too late. Who was it who came away with the | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
ball? Gael Fickou? Was the captain, Guirado? | :24:37. | :24:45. | |
It is a good set and it suddenly gathers pace. | :24:46. | :25:01. | |
The captain, Guirado. It is scant consolation for him | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
because the team have gone down and Wales have been worthy and deserving | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
winners. Perhaps if that man had been on from the start, it might | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
have been closer. He would have made a big difference. The confidence of | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
where he wants to be, where he wants to run and attack has certainly | :25:28. | :25:35. | |
given the attack direction. He also kicks the points. 19-10. | :25:36. | :25:48. | |
Jonathan, do you think Wales will be happy with this or they want a bit | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
more? Again, I feel like they are trying | :25:54. | :25:56. | |
to develop their attacking game. They haven't executed it properly so | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
composure and execution, I think they will have to work on it before | :26:02. | :26:04. | |
the England game. One last chance. Djbril Camara. | :26:05. | :26:18. | |
Advantage. Another penalty. Lazy running. | :26:19. | :26:30. | |
He takes it quickly, Sebastien Bezy. No, it's Chamberlin. A shocking body | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
position to go in. So high. That will be it. Wayne | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
Barnes blows his whistle. The game is over. The Wales coaching staff | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
make their way down. Taulupe Faletau doesn't look delighted because it | :26:51. | :26:52. | |
has been a rather ordinary game. Wales have won. They remain | :26:53. | :27:05. | |
unbeaten. The score is Wales 19-10 France. | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
As Jonathan said, enough to work on. It is a big tree and they never | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
looked like losing, which is good enough. | :27:16. | :27:23. | |
-- it is a victory. We will be on the red button forum with the ten | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
o'clock News coming up shortly. We will hear from the man-of-the-match. | :27:28. | :27:34. | |
Happy, Martyn Williams? A win is a win. Wales defended | :27:35. | :27:42. | |
heroically, making it very physical. Onwards and upwards for Twickenham | :27:43. | :27:47. | |
in two weeks' time. We had a great character with our | :27:48. | :27:48. | |
captain. We had a great character with our | :27:49. | :27:53. | |
It was disappointing. Here is the man-of-the-match. | :27:54. | :27:56. | |
The fifth consecutive win against France. Did the experience tell in | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
the end? To be fair to the French, they gave | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
us a good challenge upfront. It was a bit of a scrappy game but a win is | :28:08. | :28:10. | |
a win. England next at Twickenham. What | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
will you have to work on before taking on Eddie Jones's team? | :28:18. | :28:21. | |
I don't want to say too much but we will watch the video back. Have to | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
get a few things right in training and get everything ready to go at | :28:26. | :28:28. | |
Wigan. Well done to the team and on the | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
man-of-the-match. Brian Moore was talking about the | :28:35. | :28:37. | |
Inspector Clouseau tactics and there was some comedy from the decisive | :28:38. | :28:39. | |
score from George North. That is perfect, really. The surname | :28:40. | :28:55. | |
of Jefferson Poirot. I really don't know what Jules Plisson is doing. He | :28:56. | :29:01. | |
is dropping. This is comedy. George North is not right footed. It is | :29:02. | :29:08. | |
kicked by Jules Plisson and it is just a mess of a game. | :29:09. | :29:15. | |
Something New Zealand haven't mastered, the football skills on | :29:16. | :29:18. | |
show. It was a comedy of errors and it summed up the whole game. | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
There is so much that can happen in this game but it is not unfolding. | :29:25. | :29:30. | |
From a Welsh perspective, going to Twickenham in two weeks' time. | :29:31. | :29:36. | |
Irrespective of what happens, it is monumental. | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
They came away from Dublin disappointed with the draw. Wales | :29:40. | :29:46. | |
get better as they go through the tournament. It wasn't a great | :29:47. | :29:48. | |
performance but Wales were incredibly fit and well driven | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
defensively. Difficult to beat. They will go to Twickenham with | :29:56. | :29:58. | |
confidence. The key moment if the tribe right at | :29:59. | :30:02. | |
the end. If France had not scored, it would have been 400 minutes | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
against Wales without a try. They never thought they were going to get | :30:07. | :30:11. | |
a try. We have 75% of possession in the | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
second half and we never managed to do anything with the ball. We made a | :30:16. | :30:23. | |
lot of drives but we were not very efficient. The bench brought a bit | :30:24. | :30:27. | |
of composure and I think Francois Trinh-Duc helped our game. | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
And what about from the southern hemisphere? | :30:33. | :30:35. | |
It is a great game of rugby. I am looking forward to England versus | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
Wales. It is building up for a perfect match. | :30:42. | :30:44. | |
Stay with us for the red button forum. Do hit that very, very | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
shortly. Wales are still unbeaten. They could win the title at from | :30:51. | :30:54. | |
Auckland, from Dunedin, they sleep easy. Buy buy. | :30:55. | :31:33. | |
Pedal to the metal, baby! Go on, me! Go on! Whoo! | :31:34. | :31:38. |