12-54. France crushes Wales, is the leader and continues to aspire to the Grand Slam

France passed over Wales (12-54) in Cardiff accentuating the deep crisis of the Dragons, who do not win a game of the Six Nations since March 2023, and is at the top of the classification and as the only one with options to win the 2026 Grand Slama title won by the team that wins in all its games.

Everyone has already lost in two days, France saved. Italy and England did it on Saturday and Scotland, on the first day. Wales, on both occasions. After the defeat of the XV de la Rosa in Edinburgh, the XV del Gallo takes over as favorite from their eternal British rivals, who on the last day will have to travel to Paris.

Curiously, the result this afternoon in Cardiff breaks a historic tie of 51 victories for each of the contenders in more than a century of rivalry. Although it may seem unbelievable now, in light of one of their worst streaks, the Dragon’s XV took the title in 2021. They have not beaten France since 2019 and have taken the last two “wooden spoons”.

He bath from France to the Welsh It was absolute in the first minutes with a festival by Ramos, very accurate in his kicking, Dupont and Jalibert, with attempts by Attissogbe, Bierre-Biarrey and Jalibert. Fifteen minutes, and the game almost resolved: 0-19. A “training” for Galthié’s team.

The locals were proud and crossed the rival goal line through Carre to wake up to some stands and roofed stands that barely remember the one that not so long ago was an impregnable stadium for the Dragons.

A mirage, because In the 38th minute, the “bleu” attack once again split the red defense to add the offensive bonus with the fourth mark, Jalibert’s second. 7-26, at halftime.

Only the way in which the blues crossed the Welsh goal line changed during the restart. Was with the push of his forefoot and his Marchand heel as they added their fifth essay. Attissogbe did not take long to add the sixth, shortly before the carousel of changes began on both benches.

The large visiting fans turned, at times, the Principality into the Stade de France, while their players continued to do their thing with marks from Attissogbe and Ollivon.

Wales tried to get back on track, as they had done in the first half for a few minutes, but errors in the game at hand penalized their attack. Finally, Grady’s 5 points served to avoid a greater difference than 43-0 that the XV del Gallo endorsed the dragons a year ago in Paris and that is the largest in the confrontations between both teams.