:00:02. > :00:05.After that opening Six Nations defeat to Ireland, next up is the
:00:05. > :00:15.unpredictable French here in Paris, smarting from their hammer failed
:00:15. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:38.Italian job. Beware the wounded The first try of the Six Nations
:00:38. > :00:48.2013 scored by Ireland. O'Driscoll, the game is over by the closest of
:00:48. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.Comes back in from the wing and Wales get the try they wanted.
:00:52. > :01:02.Playing France will be quite special and hopefully we can stick
:01:02. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:11.We've been dealing with the disappointment of not winning the
:01:12. > :01:21.first game and we have to turn it around and win this weekend. It is
:01:22. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:29.Stay with us. We have all the build up here from the French capital and
:01:29. > :01:32.plenty more besides on tonight's Sport Wales.
:01:32. > :01:42.Coming up: We have news from both camps ahead
:01:42. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:57.of the clash at the Stade de France. Plus we get Mark Williams' take on
:01:57. > :02:00.the state of Welsh snooker. We start with rugby and the fall-
:02:00. > :02:04.out from their opening Six Nations. It's eight defeats on the bounce
:02:04. > :02:07.now and the pressure is growing on Rob Howley. Gareth Rhys Owen takes
:02:07. > :02:17.a look at how the defending champions plan on turning things
:02:17. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:32.around. It is hugely disappointing.
:02:32. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:40.Fantastic footballing skills. He scores. You can't give
:02:40. > :02:46.international sides 20 points. Brian O'Driscoll in international
:02:46. > :02:51.rugby. We will never give up. has been another week of soul-
:02:51. > :02:55.searching for the nation that Fifth has kidnapped -- the 5th -- the 5th
:02:55. > :03:02.significant -- successive Welsh defeat is a record. Rob Howley is
:03:02. > :03:08.keen to forget it. I hate losing. It is frustrating when you have
:03:08. > :03:11.better players. That is the frustration. I think that
:03:11. > :03:17.international rugby is about winning and losing. It is about
:03:17. > :03:22.winning and we have lost. Ultimately it is tough. No one
:03:22. > :03:30.probably says it is easy and I think that I hope that at some
:03:30. > :03:33.stage we can win and it will start this weekend. Another injury
:03:33. > :03:37.prevents Sam Warburton be leading the side out in Paris and he is
:03:37. > :03:40.replaced by Ryan Jones two parachutes into skipper the side.
:03:40. > :03:44.This week is about getting our house in order. What happened last
:03:44. > :03:49.week will have no bearing on what happens this weekend. The Six
:03:49. > :03:52.Nations is about one game at a time. It is about the and now. We have to
:03:52. > :03:57.deal with the disappointment of not winning the first game and turn it
:03:57. > :04:01.around and win this weekend. It is one of three changes to the pack.
:04:01. > :04:10.The man everyone has been calling for finally gets the chance to
:04:10. > :04:13.impress, wearing number seven. will just try and play one game. We
:04:14. > :04:17.know what from sunlight and the way that Italy played against them last
:04:17. > :04:23.week. We have obviously got to go there and go there with nothing to
:04:23. > :04:27.fear and play some good rugby. It is about trying to make that Jersey
:04:27. > :04:30.yours. It is about trying to do well for the team and ensuring we
:04:31. > :04:36.get this with. We are all expecting to win. We want to win. Without a
:04:36. > :04:39.doubt that is what we are going to go there to do. Before French-based
:04:39. > :04:44.players have been asked for their input this week and there most
:04:44. > :04:49.vocal of them almost exactly what to expect on Saturday. It will be
:04:49. > :04:56.very difficult but we have to get up for it again and bang up for it,
:04:56. > :05:01.even more up for them we were last weekend. I will play my best and we
:05:01. > :05:06.will all, especially up front, their forwards are pretty good.
:05:06. > :05:09.Playing France will require special for me and to play an international
:05:09. > :05:13.game over in France and hopefully we can stick it to the French. We
:05:13. > :05:17.have to be confident. We have to go to France expecting to win and
:05:17. > :05:25.hoping to win and I think if we produce our best stuff for 80
:05:25. > :05:30.minutes we can do that. The first objective is to eradicate the
:05:30. > :05:34.errors made against Ireland. One man has been in the centre of the
:05:34. > :05:40.criticism. I have had a order my career really. People criticising.
:05:40. > :05:44.I work hard and I will keep working on it. It is probably part of the
:05:44. > :05:50.game that is not my strongest but I am doing everything I can to make
:05:50. > :05:55.sure of that to do a of a standard that is international standard
:05:55. > :05:58.really. Obviously it is amplified by the way they were passing on
:05:58. > :06:06.Saturday. I am the first one to criticise myself but I will just
:06:06. > :06:10.get on with my job. John was the first person to put his hand up and
:06:10. > :06:15.that is what you want from players, to take the accountability. Yes, I
:06:15. > :06:21.played poorly and I made more errors in a game than I normally do
:06:21. > :06:25.but he put his hand up. You want a honesty and freed her from players.
:06:25. > :06:29.Eight years have passed since the last Parisian win in 2005 and both
:06:29. > :06:33.sides will have a point to prove, having lost in the opening event.
:06:33. > :06:37.There is no doubt that they will be smarting slightly from the weekend.
:06:37. > :06:41.They will be a disappointed team and France in Paris is a tough
:06:41. > :06:49.encounter at the best of times. We have to be prepared for that
:06:49. > :06:54.backlash. We have to turn around with a win this weekend. I am
:06:54. > :07:00.joined now by the legendary Pierre de Brazil a, so good to see it.
:07:00. > :07:08.After last weekend's defeat who was under the most pressure? I think
:07:08. > :07:15.there is a lot of pressure for the two coaches. It is not the same
:07:15. > :07:23.pressure because we play in Paris and France, after the defeat in
:07:23. > :07:29.Rome last weekend, it was a surprise. Wales played very good
:07:29. > :07:38.rugby, two years ago and during the World Cup last year for the Grand
:07:38. > :07:44.Slam. I think they can play a big games and I think that tomorrow
:07:44. > :07:49.they do not play under pressure of the results after eight defeats.
:07:49. > :07:58.One more or one less, you understand that. The contest is
:07:58. > :08:03.different for them but I think it is a lot of pressure. I am glad to
:08:03. > :08:09.be in the stands and not playing. Changes in the Welsh back row. Sam
:08:09. > :08:15.Warburton is injured. Ryan Jones is in as captain. Who will win the
:08:15. > :08:25.battle of the breakdown? How will they fare against the French?
:08:25. > :08:25.
:08:25. > :08:29.have the same problem in France, we have changed also with the new
:08:29. > :08:37.captain. It is a pity to have an injured player like Sam Warburton
:08:37. > :08:47.but to have the position between Sam Warburton and a do so to one --
:08:47. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:59.do so twice, it is difficult. Welsh rugby fans clearly enjoy
:08:59. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:03.coming to Paris as well. It is time now to take a look back at the
:09:03. > :09:13.archive. A Welsh magic moment here in Paris now. The year 1999, the
:09:13. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:39.coach Graham Henry and Wales hadn't We'll be hearing from the French
:09:39. > :09:46.camp later in the programme, but first we turn to football and
:09:46. > :09:50.Cardiff City hope to take another step towards promotion this weekend.
:09:50. > :10:00.After signing another goalscorer, do they have the final piece of the
:10:00. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:26.jigsaw? Ian Hunt's been finding out What an impression that was against
:10:26. > :10:30.Leeds last weekend, no wonder the manager has a smile on his face.
:10:30. > :10:36.is nice to stop well when you come to when you club so why was
:10:36. > :10:40.delighted to get on that score. dad will be proud as well, fat up
:10:40. > :10:46.in the stand. My dad and all of his mates are all at Leeds fans so it
:10:46. > :10:49.was a bit of a strange one. They nearly got thrown out of the box
:10:49. > :10:54.was celebrating when I look scored but it was brilliant to have my
:10:54. > :10:57.family there as well. Do you find that you do have to make a big
:10:57. > :11:01.impression now over the remaining games in the Championship to prove
:11:01. > :11:06.that if Cardiff go up, you're the man to lead the line in the Premier
:11:06. > :11:10.League? I don't think so really. The team is in its physician
:11:10. > :11:15.already. I have only been here one game so it is nothing to do with me
:11:15. > :11:21.where they are in the Lee. I think for me, I just want to be part of
:11:21. > :11:26.something good, part of a good team. I want to score a few gulls along
:11:26. > :11:29.the way and I will be delighted about that. Your motivation for
:11:29. > :11:32.coming to Cardiff. He would not have dropped down from the Premier
:11:32. > :11:36.League unless you thought it was pretty certain that Cardiff were
:11:36. > :11:39.going up. For me to go to another Premier League team it would have
:11:39. > :11:44.probably been a team that was struggling. I have been injured for
:11:44. > :11:47.some time and I would have had to be a match fit straight away. I
:11:47. > :11:52.have come here and they have a lot of strikers here so they can afford
:11:52. > :11:56.to lead being slowly. I can look after my knee as good as I can get
:11:56. > :12:01.thinners and up to speed for the rest of the six months before we
:12:01. > :12:06.have to end the season well. Frazier Campbell's career started
:12:06. > :12:10.back Manchester United and he went on loan to Antwerp, Hull and Spurs.
:12:10. > :12:14.Now he is on to a club No. 6. Do you feel that you need to put down
:12:15. > :12:19.some roots and settle down and stay somewhere for a bit of time? Yes,
:12:19. > :12:24.that was my initial thinking when I moved to Sunderland. The injuries
:12:24. > :12:30.put me back a bit so hopefully this one can be the same kind of
:12:30. > :12:40.mentality, that is my mentality, to do well here and help Cardiff be a
:12:40. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:44.real force. The last year my brother was on X factor and he did
:12:44. > :12:52.really well. He finished about eight. They have just released
:12:52. > :12:59.their first song on the charts. spoke to him and he said you are
:12:59. > :13:04.not really musical, you hang around the gripper little bits... Not
:13:04. > :13:11.really quite good enough to join it. Yes, one of the lads was a bit six
:13:11. > :13:16.a one-time I put myself forward to fill in the early recovered. -- but
:13:16. > :13:20.he recovered. Ten points clear at the top of the Championship now,
:13:20. > :13:24.can anyone catch Cardiff? It is possible. There is always a shock
:13:24. > :13:28.result. You have always got to keep focus and concentrate on what
:13:28. > :13:34.you're doing well and try and keep doing it. Another three points do
:13:34. > :13:37.you think this weekend? Would you expect another three.? Every
:13:38. > :13:43.weekend we hope for three points but obviously you go there and try
:13:43. > :13:47.and win the game. We just do what we do best. You will hope to make a
:13:47. > :13:57.fairly similar impact to what you do that leaves. Yes, if I can come
:13:57. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:04.on and score a win again that would More Welsh football on the BBC this
:14:04. > :14:10.weekend as Football Focus are live from the Liberty. That is before
:14:10. > :14:17.Swansea against QPR. And interviews within Michu and Michael Laudrup.
:14:17. > :14:27.Time for another Welsh magic moment in Paris. The year 1975 and a young
:14:27. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:43.tight-head prop from Pontypool will never believe it. They will
:14:43. > :14:53.never believe it in Pontypool. This was his moment of glory. Some good
:14:53. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:00.handling they are. What a moment in A another great moment from Paris
:15:00. > :15:04.there, but we head back home to Wales as, next week, the Welsh Open
:15:04. > :15:08.snooker gets underway in Newport. We send Lisa Rogers to meet the
:15:08. > :15:13.last home-grown winner, a player who last year considered quitting
:15:14. > :15:18.the sport he loves. Winning 18 ranked tournaments of
:15:18. > :15:23.places Mark Williams 5th on the all-time list. Direct with his play
:15:23. > :15:30.and direct with his mouth. playing today, and I will admit to
:15:30. > :15:37.myself, I was not happy. LAUGHTER. He used the good Welsh
:15:37. > :15:43.term meaning he was nervous. Mark Williams says he may give up
:15:43. > :15:46.the sport. I never actually said that. I was
:15:46. > :15:50.doing an interview in the press room. I was a little bit
:15:50. > :15:56.disappointed after losing. One of the journalists asked what I was
:15:56. > :16:01.going to do. My friend, Stephen Hendry, walked in. I said I should
:16:01. > :16:06.maybe retire like him. Everyone started laughing. The next day, I
:16:06. > :16:11.am getting telephone calls asking about my announcement that I would
:16:11. > :16:20.retire. Well, I did, but not in that way. You were just mucking
:16:20. > :16:25.around? Yes. What has happened? do not know. In practice, it is
:16:25. > :16:30.good, but in the last four or five tournaments I have played in, I
:16:31. > :16:39.cannot believe how badly. In every one of the match. I did not show
:16:39. > :16:44.any kind of form. It is really frustrating. Perhaps it is
:16:44. > :16:49.confidence. How much of it do you think is in your head? It is one of
:16:49. > :16:53.those games you have to think you can do it, but it just falls apart
:16:53. > :17:00.if you do not. I think a lot of it is in your head, and perhaps that
:17:00. > :17:03.is what has let me down. frustration with his game also
:17:03. > :17:12.showed when he was less than complimentary about the Crucible
:17:12. > :17:16.Theatre, the scene of his two world title wins. The most relaxed man in
:17:16. > :17:24.the Crucible Theatre, or so it seems, but inside, he will be
:17:24. > :17:31.absolutely delighted. Former world circa number one, Mark Williams,
:17:31. > :17:36.has been fined for two derogatory comments he made it on Twitter.
:17:36. > :17:41.got your wrist slapped for the Twitter situation. What can you
:17:41. > :17:47.tell me about that? Not a lot, really. I said something about the
:17:48. > :17:54.Crucible, which anyone who knows me knows was meant as a bit of fun. I
:17:54. > :17:59.think it just blew all out of proportion. I will never be
:17:59. > :18:03.mentioning anything bad about them again. His two wins and the Welsh
:18:03. > :18:08.Open and the only successors for a player from the host nation since
:18:08. > :18:14.it began. Next week, how do you think you'll
:18:14. > :18:19.do? Hopefully, well. I have not done their well for the last few
:18:19. > :18:23.years. I was always out in the first couple of rounds. Along with
:18:23. > :18:28.Matthew and Ryan, but hopefully one of us can have a good run. We
:18:28. > :18:33.should be getting to the latter stages. It would be a shame that we
:18:33. > :18:37.cannot get there. There is a good crowd. Everyone likes someone else
:18:37. > :18:42.to get through to the latter stages, but we just have not been doing it.
:18:42. > :18:46.Hopefully, one of us can do it. I love playing Newport, it is a great
:18:46. > :18:50.venue and about time I did something.
:18:51. > :18:56.Paris is always a little bit special for Welsh Rugby fans. In
:18:56. > :19:06.2005, they witnessed a little nugget of pure gold that paved the
:19:06. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :19:22.way for the first Grand Slam in 27 almost up there.
:19:22. > :19:31.Williams, to Rhys Williams. And that is some start to the second
:19:31. > :19:37.half for Wales. Taking it quickly.
:19:37. > :19:47.It doesn't matter. It does not matter that it has gone backwards.
:19:47. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:52.He has won it for Wales and the We heard from the Welsh camp, but
:19:52. > :19:56.what about the French? They entered the tournaments as joint favourites
:19:56. > :20:00.and were expected to roll over the Azzurri last weekend. But since
:20:00. > :20:03.when has the Six Nations at the gone to a script?
:20:03. > :20:13.Unbeaten in the autumn, France travelled to Rome last week
:20:13. > :20:16.
:20:16. > :20:21.brimming with confidence, then this They know all about the concept of
:20:21. > :20:29.boom-and-bust. I Grand Slam followed by a slump. But the French
:20:29. > :20:33.and equally as maddening. From confident to ship was and flaky.
:20:33. > :20:39.The only consistent thing is their inconsistency and no one seems to
:20:39. > :20:49.know why that is the case. Not a criticism of the French. They are
:20:49. > :20:54.like Roman martyrs. The work of -- they were called that in one
:20:54. > :21:00.newspaper. To lose twice against Italy has been hard to swallow for
:21:00. > :21:06.the French Rugby public. This one to the legend has played in Wales
:21:06. > :21:13.and France. He is now a resident for is the name -- Parisian and is
:21:13. > :21:16.uniquely placed to look at this. What about the French? We talk
:21:16. > :21:21.about how you never need to know what they will do. But it proves to
:21:21. > :21:26.be true. It is difficult to say, I have been tried to put my finger on
:21:26. > :21:30.it for two seasons. My club, we have won two games away from home
:21:30. > :21:34.in two seasons. I think we are close to none defeated at home. I
:21:34. > :21:38.do not know what it is about the French mentality. But they are
:21:38. > :21:43.definitely very vulnerable a way from home. This week is going to be
:21:43. > :21:48.a big challenge. One time you do not want to play a French team is
:21:48. > :21:53.at home after they have lost. It is going to be a hard match for Wales.
:21:53. > :21:57.How do you go about recovering from eight defeats in a row? That is
:21:57. > :22:03.bound to have an impact on your mental situation. How do you
:22:03. > :22:07.recover that in a short time? difficult to do. You cannot bring
:22:07. > :22:11.confidence overnight. I am sure they are still sticking together.
:22:11. > :22:16.There is a game plan that has worked for the last couple of years.
:22:16. > :22:19.But maybe people are starting to work them out. Maybe some
:22:19. > :22:26.individuals are not taking the right options, which is a
:22:26. > :22:29.confidence thing. A very structured game plan relies on individuals.
:22:29. > :22:36.But your team confidence can then be affected if you do not take the
:22:36. > :22:41.right options. That seems to be a problem for them. This is where the
:22:41. > :22:46.French plot trained for battle. It is a huge complex with a
:22:46. > :22:50.residential block, several pitches and a media centre. But many
:22:50. > :22:59.players told me they are not fans of the place and the fact it is
:22:59. > :23:02.separated from the outside world. Were you as baffled as we all wear
:23:02. > :23:10.with the difference of Wales and the first half then in the second
:23:10. > :23:20.half against Wales? -- against Ireland? Yes. They were controlling
:23:20. > :23:25.the ball, very clinical. They were very impressive at times. The Welsh
:23:25. > :23:31.team created a lot of opportunity. But they were like us, against
:23:31. > :23:39.Italy, we created a lot but did not finish enough. It is all confidence.
:23:39. > :23:45.If we are confident, we play better. And we feel better. But if you are
:23:45. > :23:50.feeling down because of the results, and I am sure they will be better
:23:50. > :24:00.than the future. But hopefully not against us. France have made just
:24:00. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:14.two changes to their side that lost One clear makes his first start for
:24:14. > :24:24.three years. -- one player. Hopefully this will make a
:24:24. > :24:30.difference. One player is used for Toulon and is very difficult to
:24:30. > :24:32.tackle, so it will be good to have him. Full of Andrew kept his side
:24:32. > :24:42.up until the small hours painstakingly analysing what went
:24:42. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:52.wrong. -- Philippe Saint-Andre. He is not wanting a repeat performance.
:24:52. > :24:52.
:24:53. > :24:57.We have lots of problems, we lost 16 balls in the contact area.
:24:57. > :25:02.expression was wounded animals and it is going to be about two teams
:25:02. > :25:06.who are hurting. Both now need to bounce back and show that they can
:25:06. > :25:10.produce 80 minutes of Rugby, which I do not think either France or
:25:10. > :25:15.Wales dead at the weekend. thing I have noticed playing in
:25:15. > :25:21.France is a big emphasis on a scrum of time. That is a big opportunity
:25:21. > :25:26.from the start for the Welsh to set their mark. If that first one is
:25:26. > :25:35.lost, that is a big thing for them. It will be a good time for Wales to
:25:35. > :25:38.step up unsure what the about. -- and to show what they are about.
:25:38. > :25:46.Welcome back to Pierre Berbizier. The press went mad with that defeat.
:25:46. > :25:51.What went wrong for France? Italian team played very well. But
:25:51. > :25:59.we forgot to play last weekend. So the first thing we want to see
:25:59. > :26:07.tomorrow, and Eugene what enthusiasm -- a new team with
:26:07. > :26:12.enthusiasm and involvement. We did not have that last weekend in Rome.
:26:12. > :26:20.Which French team will turn up? Why are the friends so unpredictable?
:26:20. > :26:25.Because we are Latin. We thought we would win against Italy last week.
:26:25. > :26:29.And a war mentality and spirit, we know we can beat all the teams, but
:26:29. > :26:39.sometimes, there is a danger, because we do not prepare and
:26:39. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:45.probably, sometimes, we are arrogant and so, in Rugby,
:26:45. > :26:52.simplicity and the solution. -- simplicity is the solution.
:26:52. > :26:58.changes in the French team. And the big man in the centre. What does
:26:58. > :27:02.his selection tell us about the way France will play? We know the
:27:02. > :27:10.French team need some consistency on the middle field to have the
:27:10. > :27:18.link between the movement. The French team in need one to play and
:27:18. > :27:28.one to field. Give me a score? friends. Tell me, Wales or finance?
:27:28. > :27:30.
:27:30. > :27:33.France. -- Wales or France? Thank you very much. Thank you for
:27:33. > :27:40.joining us on Sport Wales. That is it for this evening. Have a good
:27:40. > :27:43.game. We are back next week at 9pm. We shall have the build up to the
:27:43. > :27:53.Cup for one cap final between Swansea and Bradford. Until then,
:27:53. > :27:54.
:27:54. > :27:58.we leave you with a moment from 1971. -- Capital One Cup final. We