France v Wales LIVE rugby: Six Nations acore and updates from opening match of 2025 championship

Wales win the scrum and this is a chance to get some points. Decent carry on a nice line by Rogers but eventually, France win the turnover at the ruck and can clear.

Good defence by the home side.

Wales won’t mind this start at all – 10 minutes and they haven’t conceded. Defensively, especially, they’ve looked decent

Now they pinch the ball in the French half and Morgan makes another powerful carry to gain metres. Ben Thomas then tries a dinked cross-kick towards Rogers, he contests with Ramos and the ball hits the deck for a knock-on.

Wales scrum in the French 22

Frustrating knock-on for Wales as Watkin fumbles a low pass. First scrum of the day, just inside the Welsh half… Remember we’ve got a new law where the opposition scrum half has to stay further back and can’t harry the No 9 putting in.

Dupont doesn’t need much time to create something anyway… But he won’t get a chance as, after a couple of resets, France ar epinged for engaging early and it’s a Welsh free-kick. They happily clear

More good defence by Wales as Barassi, the new French centre gets smashed and the ball bounces into touch. French lineout though as it came off a Welsh hand.

Lovely play by France down the right, Moefana releasing winger Theo Attisogbe – in for the injured Penaud – and he’s into the 22. Good tackle by Reffell to stop the offload.

And a phase later, it’s great breakdown work by Reffell again to pinch the ball and win the penalty. Talk about making an impact as a blood substitute

Aaron Wainwright has taken a knock to the face, blood everywhere so he exits and Tommy Reffell comes on in the Welsh back row as a blood substitution.

Wales hoof clear from the goal-line drop out. They were nearly caught out by some Dupont magic but survive for now.

The lineout is clean, France unchallenged at the tail. Time to work the phases in the Welsh 22.

Couple of big carries from the forwards, then it’s a French penalty as Atonio is illegally tackled.

And Dupont taps and goes! Scythes through defenders, catching Wales off guard and gets over the line but he’s held up. The scramble defence from the visitors holds

First touch from the returning Antoine Dupont as he kicks long from his own 22. Nice carry by his opposite captain Jac Morgan then makes a few metres for Wales in midfield.

Box kick comes back to Wales and they’ve got a decent position but spill the ball, Thomas Ramos boots into the backfield and nails a 50-22! Superb kick from the full back and this is a golden opportunity for France.

The 2025 Six Nations is underway! Ben Thomas boots the ball into the Parisian night sky

Stirring renditions of both anthems, with La Marseillaise almost taking the roof off the place.

We’re just about ready to go