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.
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France
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.
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.
Alex Mann at 7 was the pick of the Welsh players. He's a keeper.
Eddie James had some good moments too.
France achieved a whooping 28 line breaks. Probably should have finished better and used LB-B more.
Sonja "What's morale like? It must be difficult in that red jersey now."
This interview is another disaster.
France were playing a different game to Wales for most of that.
Ridiculous pace and skills.
We battled hard but are miles away from where we should be.
It's going to be an awfully long road back (if we ever get there), I'm not hopeful of things getting better anytime soon.
@Jailbreak7 French forward have more skills than ours at the minute. And we don't have a 10 as good as Jalibert and there's not a wing in New Zealand nearly as dangerous at Test level as LBB.
But elsewhere the ABs would be competitive.
Just watched the highlights
We are where we are but we certainly don’t need to be gifting tries like Beard did
And is it me or is Hawkins like a cart horse?
Just watched the 2nd half. Must be tough to be a Wales supporter right now. They do so much right and then fuck up at exactly the wrong time. Hope Tandy can get the pieces of the jigsaw together as I'm a closet Wales supporter.
Oh, and Wainright is an absolute beast who never gives up. Love to have him in the AB's
@Victor-Meldrew It never ceases to amaze me when Wainwright is not selected, which has happened far too often. He really ought to be one of the first names on the team sheet.
Another tough day for Wales but a marked improvement from the England game I feel. Discipline was certainly much better and it looked like the attitude had taken a step up too. Some good defensive work certainly but then some crass decision making or skillset errors undo everything.
As for Beard - I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Laugh I think.
@Catogrande said in Wales v France:
As for Beard - I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Channelling his inner George Ford
@sparky said in Wales v France:
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.
He's a librarian?
I thought James Doleman had a good game with the whistle. NZ's best ref by some distance at the moment.
@sparky said in Wales v France:
I thought James Doleman had a good game with the whistle. NZ's best ref by some distance at the moment.
I'd go so far as to say Australasia's best ref by a country mile!
@MiketheSnow the whole three-quarter line is pretty pedestrian tbh.
They should experiment with LRZ at 13. We don't have many quicker centre options there unless they give Hennessy a run out.