• Wing North capitalises on French mistakes with two tries
Madness – but is it not always between these two? Or, at the very least, when France play. Still there is no knowing who or where they are. Les Bleus tore Wales apart in the first half – as much as any side can be torn apart in rain like this. The visitors did not know where to turn, their quiet confidence before this tournament shredded, their composure shot.
France went into the break with a 16-0 lead but it could have been more, Morgan Parra missing three kicks at goal. No international side should lose a lead like that at home – not even France. How they laugh in the face of received wisdom. Here they handed Wales the game in the most agonising manner, yielding three tries in the second half, each one softer than the previous, the third just after they had regained a lead they had somehow lost with nearly 20 minutes to play.
Written by Michael Aylwin at the Stade de France
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/01/france-wales-six-nations-2019-match-report under the title “George North seals superb Wales comeback after France throw it away”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
