Philippa Tuttiett
Former Wales international on BBC One Wales

That was absolute perfection from France with the cross-kick. There was very little Jasmine Joyce-Butchers could do about that.

Georgia Evans is penalised for taking out a French player off the ball, so it will be a first penalty of the game for France on the half-way line.

A first chance to attack for the hosts.

Philippa Tuttiett
Former Wales international on BBC One Wales

Wales' preparation was not ideal with the traffic delay but the whole thing about sport is you have to prepare for uncertainty and sometimes things do not go to plan.

Another Welsh line-out finds a French hand first, this time legally though.

France move a few metres up field before knocking the ball on.

Philippa Tuttiett
Former Wales international on BBC One Wales

We talk about the French crowd and how good they are in supporting their side and once again it is a capacity crowd.

And France are penalised for not driving straight at the resulting scrum.

The Wales pack enjoyed that.

A chance to see all the set pieces early on, France get a hand on the line-out but entered the space before the ball was thrown so it will be a scrum for Wales.

France immediately return the kick-off long, so the first line-out of the game will be taken by Wales on their own 10-metre line.

Referee Holly Wood blows her whistle and we are under way in Brive.

It is Wales fly-half Kayleigh Powell who takes the kick-off.

Can Wales cause an upset? Or will France continue their Grand Slam hopes?

With kick-off almost upon us, here's a recap of today's teams:

France: Morgane Bourgeois; Kelly Arbey, Marine Menager (co-capt), Montserrat Amedee, Emilie Boulard; Carla Arbez, Pauline Bourdon-Sansus; Yllana Brosseau, Manon Bigot, Rose Bernadou, Manae Feleu (co-capt), Madouddou Fall-Raclot, Charlotte Escudero, Seraphine Okemba, Teani Feleu.

Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (capt), Courtney Keight, Carys Cox; Kayleigh Powell, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Georgia Evans.

You have to go back to February 2016 for the last time Wales beat France in the Women's Six Nations.

Dyddgu Hywel and Safi N'Diaye exchanged first-half tries in Neath, as the score was level at 5-5 at half-time.

And while Wales held France to a single Audrey Abadie penalty in the second half, they scored what proved to be the game-winning try through prop Megan York.

It was a special afternoon which ended France's hopes of a Grand Slam and secured Wales' qualification for the 2017 World Cup in the process.

Since then, Les Blues have recorded eight straight wins over the women in red, winning home games by an average margin of 30 points.

Image source, Huw Evans Picture Agency

Image source, SWFRS/Huw Evans

Tackling raging fires or ferocious rugby players is not for the faint-hearted, yet it is something Wales prop Jenni Scoble embraces with total commitment.

The 32-year from Cardiff is juggling a Test career with being a full-time firefighter with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

She joined the service in 2023 and says it had "always been a dream" to do so.

"I held off from going for it and then just had the confidence one year to have a go," Scoble said.

"I applied one or two times and then I got in. It's an incredible career, it doesn't really feel like a job. Some days are obviously tough, but I've always wanted to do it."

Scoble follows in the line of several internationals who have combined careers in the fire service, with the likes of Naomi Thomas, Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe, Rafiuke Taylor and Shona Powell-Hughes Wakley all coming before her.

Read more: Tackling fires and rugby players - Scoble is living the dream

Ellis Jenkins
Former Wales flanker on BBC One Wales

The big thing for Wales, after the travel delay yesterday, is making sure they are mentally and physically ready.

They need to start fast.

Wales captain Hannah Jones says she hopes her side can silence the hostile French crowd in Brive this afternoon.

Caryl Thomas
Former Wales prop on BBC One Wales

Playing France away is always an electric game with a phenomenal crowd and atmosphere.

Sean Lynn has probably valued the fallow week and I am sure it has been valuable preparation time for Wales.

As Ceri has just said, Wales had an eventful travel day on Friday but head coach Sean Lynn says his side have taken the travel issues in their stride.

"It was a long old journey for us and we got caught in traffic," Lynn told BBC One Wales.

"It did not stop the smiles on their faces and it says everything about this group, because we could not control what happened.

"We are going to enjoy this and embrace the atmosphere which we know can be hostile. I have just asked the players to be brave."

Ceri Coleman-Phillips
BBC Sport Wales rugby reporter in Stade Amedee-Domenech

Wales have never beaten France away and they certainly won't be helped in their quest after yesterday's 13-hour travel day.

The team left the Vale Resort in Cardiff early Friday morning, flew from Bristol to Bordeaux and then took a coach down to Brive.

But a road accident caused massive delays on the French motorway, meaning the team didn't arrive at their hotel until 8pm.

They didn't make their team run at the stadium which had been scheduled for 6pm, so they will arrive today completely unused to their surroundings and surely a little bit tired.

Less than ideal.

France produced a clinical second-half performance in La Rochelle last time out to beat Scotland.

France

• At home, France have not lost to any team other than England since 2003, a run of 42 straight victories.

• France have made more offloads (22) than any other team after two rounds of action and have moved the ball wide less often than any other side – just 4% of their plays have gone wide.

• Morgane Bourgeois has scored 32 points, more than double any other player so far in the championship. She has landed 11 of her 12 goal kicks, contributing 27 points from the tee.

Wales

• Wales have lost eight of their last Six Nations 10 games, with their only wins coming against Italy (2023 and 2024).

• Wales have the lowest gainline success rate (57%) and the lowest tackle evasion rate (11%) in the championship so far.

• Wales' Abbie Fleming has won more jackal turnovers (three) than any other player in the championship to date. Team-mates Gwenllian Pyrs and Jasmine Joyce-Butchers are two of just nine players to have won two jackals so far.