@Catogrande said in Wales v France:

@MiketheSnow Front row and back row both look better this week, but why oh why is there no Reffell there. If it wasn't for Jan Morgan, he ought to have had a hatful of caps by now. With Morgan out he really should be a shoo-in.

The backs do not inspire one bit though.

Agree 100%

Pity is we could have France's backs and still not win

We don't win enough clean, quick ball

Very easy to defend against, especially if Shaun Edwards is in charge

@MiketheSnow

I was fuming when England let Edwards slip through their fingers and he turned to the dark side over the river, but you lot must be flabbergasted that your people let let him go when they had him and he was happy (ish) there?

France 12-0 up after 11 minutes.

LB-B in for the second try after lots of forward work and a clever cross kick.

The Welsh loosehead prop, Carre, borrows over just as it looked like France were going to run away with it. 7-19 to the visitors.

Fast, fun game under the roof so far.

LB-B proves he is human with a terrible pass after a sublime line break.

Really impressive short passes and offloads from the big French forwards.

The commentary Ying and Yang. Andrew Cotter and Jonathan Davies

@Victor-Meldrew said in Wales v France:

The commentary Ying and Yang. Andrew Cotter and Jonathan Davies

Who's the Danny guy they keep going to? Danny Care?

Attisogbe in for a try after a masterful kick from Antonie Dupont.

And the TMO has found something.

Attisogbe was offside at the kick so it's ruled out.

Wales with a rare attacking scrum. Can you do anything with it?

France blow another one.

You fucking knob. You don't kick it.

Jalibert in after a late Valentine day's gift by Welsh lock Adam Beard with as dumb a kick as you are ever going to see.

Even though Wales are playing a bit better than last wee, they are still crap.

Half time.

Wales 7 France 26.

France made a massive 533 metres running past the gain line in that half.

The skills gap between these two sides is as wide as the Pacific Ocean.

Credit to Wales for staying at it when they are being utterly outclassed.

@sparky he can barely pass so what on earth made him think he was going to put a pin point kick into space is beyond me.
I'd have subbed the twat off after that if I was the coach.

Who's the other bloke with Martin Johnson and Sam Warburton?

I like the BBC coverage. Gabby Logan is the best UK presenter and Andrew Cotter the best commentator by some distance.

But it does feel like they have too many co-commentators and pundits. It just gets confusing and some of them don't really add anything.

@pooler-fan classic 3 on 2 where you give it to the guy outside and let them make the decision, he's probably never kicked in his professional career.

@sparky said in Wales v France:

I like the BBC coverage. Gabby Logan is the best UK presenter and Andrew Cotter the best commentator by some distance.

But it does feel like they have too many co-commentators and pundits.

Only one they need to get rid of, adds absolutely nothing, has zero fucking idea and yet somehow retains her spot for decades.

@Bones said in Wales v France:

@sparky said in Wales v France:

I like the BBC coverage. Gabby Logan is the best UK presenter and Andrew Cotter the best commentator by some distance.

But it does feel like they have too many co-commentators and pundits.

Only one they need to get rid of, adds absolutely nothing, has zero fucking idea and yet somehow retains her spot for decades.

When did Jonathan Davies transition?

@Victor-Meldrew said in Wales v France:

@Bones said in Wales v France:

@sparky said in Wales v France:

I like the BBC coverage. Gabby Logan is the best UK presenter and Andrew Cotter the best commentator by some distance.

But it does feel like they have too many co-commentators and pundits.

Only one they need to get rid of, adds absolutely nothing, has zero fucking idea and yet somehow retains her spot for decades.

When did Jonathan Davies transition?

Signed with Widnes in '89.

@Bones said in Wales v France:

@pooler-fan classic 3 on 2 where you give it to the guy outside and let them make the decision, he's probably never kicked in his professional career.

Probably?

"Marchand continues his march to the line"

Route one from France for try number 5. It's the French hooker's 50th Test apparently and he celebrates it with a meat pie.

Could get seriously ugly for Wales.

France really are some side these days. Threats all over pitch and they play with both structure and flair.

Far too good for poor Wales.

Glorious try for France.

@Victor-Meldrew said in Wales v France:

Glorious try for France.

Which one of us is watching on delay?

Attisogbe scores his second try from a cross kick after his opposite wing goes missing in action.

Great execution by Jalibert, but far too soft.

And it's another. It's over 50.

If it was a boxing match, the ref would have stopped the contest.

And there's 18 minutes to go.

I'm losing patience with Jonathan Davies.

Are the Welsh crowd taking part in a sponsored silence?

Apparently today's attendance is 57,744.

It's the lowest ever Six Nations crowd in Cardiff, fewer than the previous smallest crowd of 58,349 against Italy in 2002.

Matthieu Jalibert wins Man of the Match. Correct call.

Grady gets a consolation try and gives the crowd something to cheer for at the end.

12-54 with two minutes to go.

All over.

France march on. They are some side at the moment.

Wales showed a bit of backbone and defiance there, but their lack of skills against a team that has them in abundance really limits them.

Wales did well to limit the damage given what the score was with 20 minutes to go
When you miss over 30 tackles and kick ball away even right at the death the welsh 9 kicks the ball away
France for too good but I did like some of the welsh ball movement when they held the ball for periods

Alex Mann at 7 was the pick of the Welsh players. He's a keeper.

Eddie James had some good moments too.