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Daniel Gallan

France 43-0 Wales: Six Nations 2025 opener – as it happened

Antoine Dupont
France have completely dominated Wales in the opening half in Paris. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Andy Bulls’ report from Paris has landed and with that I’ll say goodnight.

That was a 5/10 performance from France and yet they put on a score that would please most opening partnerships in cricket.

Wales were decent but got walloped. “There’s a lot of good there,” says captain Jac Morgan. Where do they from from here?

I hope you go to Andy’s musings below. I’ll see you soon.

Cheers.

Something I missed in real time on Ntamack’s red card incident.

Dan Biggar on ITV spotted it. Minutes before, Ben Thomas nailed the French fly-half. It was slightly late, but still legal.

Clearly Ntamack remembered that as he charged straight into Thomas’ head with his shoulder.

Pretty poor from someone who is supposed to be a leader. He’ll miss the game against England next week because of that recklessness.

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