Men’s Six Nations
Wales (7) 12
Tries: Carre, Grady Cons: Edwards
France (26) 54
Tries: Gailleton, Biele-Biarrey, Brau-Boirie, Jalibert, Marchand, Attissogbe 2, Ollivon Cons: Ramos 7
France kept alive their Grand Slam hopes with a convincing eight-try 54-12 hammering of woeful Wales who suffered a 13th successive Six Nations defeat.
Wing Theo Attissogbe scored two tries with further scores from Emilien Gailleton, Fabien Brau-Boirie, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Matthieu Jalibert, Julien Marchand and Charles Ollivon – and 14 points kicked by Thomas Ramos.
There were a number of empty seats as the game was played in front of 57,744 fans, Wales’ lowest crowd for a Six Nations game at the Principality Stadium that was not played in the Covid era.
Wales responded with a first-half try from prop Rhys Carre and consolation score from Mason Grady but could not prevent a record win for France in Cardiff.
Les Bleus also scored a record amount of points in this fixture, beating the 51 they managed in 1998 at Wembley.
In the six games Wales have played under head coach Steve Tandy, they have now conceded 302 points and 42 tries.
Defending champions France remain the only unbeaten team in the tournament and will host Italy in Paris next Sunday.
Wales, who are staring at a third successive Wooden Spoon, have a six-day turnaround when they host a rejuvenated Scotland who beat England 31-20 on Saturday.
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