Reshuffled France Scores 5 Tries In 45-24 Win Over Wales In Six Nations – News18

CARDIFF, Wales: France’s reshuffled facet scored 5 tries in rallying to a surprising 45-24 win away to Wales within the Six Nations on Sunday.

Prop Georges-Henri Colombe got here off the bench to attain a debut strive that lastly turned the momentum as coach Fabien Galthié answered his critics in fashion.

For Wales coach Warren Gatland, this was a fourth defeat of the match and a nasty one contemplating his facet led 24-20 with 20 minutes left.

Rock-bottom Wales has misplaced 11 of the final 12 Six Nations matches and hosts Italy subsequent weekend with the wood spoon an actual chance.

Galthié will really feel totally vindicated.

After being routed by Ireland after which having final-second outcomes in opposition to Scotland ( non-strive ) and Italy ( hit goalpost ), he responded by making eight modifications, together with three debuts.

They have been 2.03-meter lock Emmanuel Meafou — born to Samoan mother and father in New Zealand and raised in Australia — heart Nicolas Depoortere and fullback Léo Barré. Thomas Ramos was shifted from fullback to flyhalf in a makeshift pairing with scrumhalf Nolann Le Garrec.

It appeared ominous when France gave a penalty away inside a minute and flyhalf Sam Costelow slotted over. Ramos leveled following a number of phases of play, however poor defending allowed Wales left winger Rio Dyer to gather close to the midway line and burst by means of for a transformed attempt to 10-3 lead.

Ramos stored France in contact and veteran heart Gaël Fickou put Les Tricolores forward with a strive in the proper nook following an overlap. He was fed by proper winger Damian Penaud earlier than breaking Dyer’s deal with close to the road for his second strive of the match and sixteenth total.

The lead lasted barely two minutes as France’s sieve-like midfield was uncovered. Depoortere missed a deal with, heart Owen Watkin dummied inside and fed scrumhalf Tomos Williams to dash clear.

Neither staff might maintain the lead in a breathless first half and, with solely half-hour performed, Le Garrec grabbed his first worldwide strive after Fickou bulldozed his method close to the road.

France went into the break 20-17 up however fell behind inside three minutes of the restart as Joe Roberts crashed by means of poor tackles and rolled over the road for a transformed strive.

That made it 24-20 and residential followers have been singing.

France stored pushing ahead and No. 8 Grégory Alldritt’s choose-and-go took him near the road. Lock Thibaud Flament burrowed over, however TMO dominated out the strive for Flament dropping the ball and never grounding it.

Penaud was now getting extra concerned.

The world class winger compelled Wales into an offside and Ramos nailed the penalty to make it a one-level recreation with 20 minutes left. Following one other Penaud run, France gained area place to ship Colombe crashing over. TMO upheld the strive, which Ramos transformed for 30-24.

That was quickly 37-24 as rattled Wales conceded a sloppy strive, with substitute lock Romain Taofifenua batting down Gareth Davies’ kick with each fingers, amassing the ball and making the left nook.

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Ramos offered the extras and made it 8/8 with a late penalty.

His solely miss of the day got here after substitute scrumhalf Maxime Lucu took Penaud’s offload and dived into the proper nook within the eightieth.

Next up for France is match contender England on Saturday.

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