Paul James is on in the front row with Dan Lydiate paying the price for Gethin Jenkins' indisceretion. France have made a similar change with flanker Yannick Nyanga Kabasele sent to the sidelines and Vincent Debarty on to make up the front-three numbers

Off the pitch a France supporter takes another swig from a bottle. Is he drowning his sorrows already? On the pitch it is all getting a little bit niggly. Nicolas Mas and Gethin Jenkins are both shown a yellow card following a scrum. Both teams down to 14.

Robert Jones
Former Wales scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

"At international level you have to have a consistent goal-kicker and France, despite swapping the duties around, have not found that. They are missing Clermont's Morgan Parra who Philippe Saint-Andre has not selected."

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Adam Jones is cited after a scrum collapses and France have an opportunity to cut the lead to 11 points. It's not their night as 22-year-old Stade Francais fly-half Jules Plisson fails with his attempt.

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Philippe Saint-Andre sent his France players out early for the start of the second half. This is a huge half for them. The feel-good factor from wins over England and Italy is in danger of evaporating.

France make an immediate change at the start of the second half. Scrum-half Jean-Marc Doussain is off with Maxime Machenaud on in his place.

We're back under way at a buoyant Millennium Stadium. Wales are 40 minutes away from joining Ireland and France level on points in the Six Nations table. Crisis? What crisis?

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Danny Till: , external"Don't think Wales are doing anything that is outstanding or different to what we've seen in the last few seasons."

Tom Quante:, external "The Welsh are owning this, Gats has them back to their best, awesome to watch."

Matt Taggart:, external "The French scrum is all over the place."

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC One

"Everything is going wrong. We are not getting much ball and when we do we don't seem to know what to do with it. Our strength is on the wings and they have not touched the ball."

Jeremy Guscott
Former England centre on BBC One

"There is an appetite and an energy to Wales. Whatever coach Warren Gatland has said during the week has done the trick. They have targeted France fly-half Jules Plisson and have had success with that tactic."

BBC Sport's Bruce Poe at the Millennium Stadium: "A cluster of Frenchman just in front of us are scratching their heads at the scoring chances their side have missed. The knock-on by Pascal Pape as he tackled Rhys Priestland denied that 'try' for Yoann Huget, while Jean-Marc Doussain's penalty miss from in front of the posts didn't improve their mood."

One try, five penalties for Wales. The statistics show the hosts have enjoyed 51% possession and territory but it has been far more comfortable than that. France need to respond. Time for head coach Philippe Saint-Andre to really earn his money.

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Far too easy for Wales as France concede yet another penalty that is within easy kicking distance for Leigh Halfpenny.

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC One

"It has been the worse half you can imagine from France. The platform from the front five has not been there and at nine and 10 - they are not taking the front foot. France need to slow the tempo down because at the moment they are reaching for the panic button too often."

No sooner do the France reduce the deficit to eight points than Wales restore their 11-point advantage as Leigh Halfpenny kicks his fourth penalty, after Wesley Fofana is punished for lying on top of the ball.

BBC Sport's Bruce Pope at the Millennium Stadium: A cluster of Frenchman just in front of us are scratching their heads - under berets of course - at the scoring chances their side has missed. The knock-on by Pape as he tackled Priestland denied that 'try' for Huget, while Doussain's penalty miss from in front of the posts didn't improve their mood. At least the scrum-half has made it 14-6 now with a better kick.

A reminder that Wales have lots of work to do as Jules Plisson reduces the home side's lead with a kick that dissects the posts. Plisson has taken over the kicing responsibility after Jean-Marc Doussain's miss.

Ten minutes to the interval and Wales have a healthy lead. This has been an impressive response from the 2012 and 2013 champions after their disappointing display in Dublin. France are not out of this yet and have another penalty.

Adam Stonehill:, external This crowd is electric. Wales certainly have a 16th man!