“I though in second half we played well, but the intercept killed the momentum. The slap down close to the line I thought was at least a penalty and on the the scrum penalty the tight-head for France did scrum straight and got away with it. ”
His face is quite neutral, but he is clearly absolutely fuming.
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“We are lucky to have some very talented young players, and we give them confidence and trust. I’m really proud of the young front row who scrummaged well. When it comes to Grandslam, I’ll let you do the talking and we’ll just focus on continuing to work ”
“We play a smile, it is a good experience to win here. I took a / chance for the intercept and it came off. We are not thinking of a Grandslam, we are playing the next match ”
() The players clash after the match. Photograph: Michael Steele / Getty Images
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All the players finally stop pushing and shoving and shake hands and that is a great win full of character for France.
Arthur Vincent did not much to be nentioned in a commentary like this, but he was outstanding at 26, as was Fickou out of position on the wing.
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The ball is tapped and launched into touch, but France’s rejoicing is put on pause as they have to deal with a little after whistle rumble.
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mins. Jalibert makes decent contact but pulls it left. On the next possession the ball is out for Wales lineout in their own half
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mins. Baptiste Serin is on for Dupont, so it’s an all new, all slightly mad halfback pairing for France in this most trying period for them. But they have a penalty for Alun Wyn Jones for contact in the air at the lineout.
France are in no ruch whatsoever as young Jalibert looks to kick at posts from on the left touchline.
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mins () Dan Biggar beats Anthony Bouthier of France to score his side’s second try. Photograph: David Rogers / Getty Images
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mins. France safely exit and some fitful possession for both teams concludes with a Wales knock on and France scrum that they win and boot possession away , sensibly making Wales play from their own .
Leon Brown and Ryan Elias are on in front row for Wales.
mins. scrum on France 5m line, wide left. It’s collapsed a few times and the ref is blaming France and has lost patience and said one more and someone is going off. It pops up again and Mohammed Haouas is ordered off for minutes.
Demba Bamba comes on in the front row, Francois Cros is out of the backrow to accomodate it and Gael Fickou is put in at number 8.
Will Rowlands is on for Jake Ball and Jarrod Evans for Josh Adams.
Jalibert is on for Teddy Thomas
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Ref Carley has had a look and says there is nothing clear and obvious to overrule the onfield decision of a knock on.
Willhemse knew exactly what he was doing there and has hugely gotten away with it / played a blinder depending on your allegiance.
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mins. Tomos Williams hacks a loose ball into the France 39 and dribbles it on, but the omnipresent Ntamack covers across and takes it into touch.
Josh Adams is down and grimacing while his ankle gets some attention. He’s up but looking very uncomfortable.
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mins. Biggar fields a towering box kick from Dupont and marks it under pressure. He then tries to buy a penalty by booting the ball into a retreating defender, but Carley is not convinced.
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mins. Wales are left and right but static in their phases on halfway so Biggar tries his kick and regather trick to get his team moving forward and he’s (this close to grabbing it, but knocks on. After a frantic few minutes everyone has a breather while we wait for the scrum
Tomos Williams is on for Gareth Davies and Cammille Chat has replaced Marchand.
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TRY! Wales – 41 France (Ntamack)
mins. Wales have the ball from the scrum and work it left quickly through hands, but as Tompkins tries to feed Tipuric, Ntamack flies up , nicks it and canters in through open field from forty meters.
Hes dusts himself off and converts his own score. He’s having some game.
Romain Ntamack runs through for France’s third. Photograph: Stu Forster / Getty Images
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(mins.) Dan Biggar meets and Alldritt carry like wall of gobby noise and holds him up for the maul. The ball is stuck in and Wales have a scrum. Excellent, infuriating stuff from Biggar.
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France are back in possession after Wales clear from the lineout and Vakatawa has his first bit of open pasture to move into and he puts his team back into the Wales half. Again, the phases start and France’s more composed strategy is obviouss
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mins. France have a few phases and are looking more structured already in these early exchanges. They move into the Wales half with some repeated carries before Ntamack prods it into the corner.
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Jean-Baptiste Cros has replace Cyrille Baille at half time in the France front row
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Ntamack bounces the ball a few times and then puts his foot through it for Tompkins to gather and get a rattling from Vincent for his trouble. But it’s safely recycled and cleared by Davies.
France’s defensive effort was remarkable – albeit sometimes illegal – there, but you have to wonder what it’s taken out of them for the late period of the game when Wales will inevitably have similar possession. I feel that France need to get early scores in the second half and get a good (-) points clear before (mins.)
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