Wales win a penalty from the 5m scrum and the hosts will pack down again. This is taking an age, I'd like to see some stats on how long the ball has actually been in play in this half. Barnes delivers another technical lecture to the front rows as 80,000 fans wonder what on earth is going on out there. The ball squirts clear, Wales clean up... penalty to France under their own posts, that's the half. 

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

"He should have kept the ball in hand there. It was a poor decision at the end of that run by Gareth Davies. Liam Williams was not able to get there and he will not be happy with Gareth Davies."

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Brian Moore
Ex-England hooker on BBC One

"What a brilliant break that was. But Gareth Davies maybe should have passed it earlier. The numbers were there so the pass was a better option."

This scrum is a shambles so far, another one goes down. Great break by scrum-half Gareth Davies, what a step... he elects to kick through but Liam Williams is unable to get his hands on it, as Medard hacks it clear. It's been so stolid so far that break by Davies was like an electric shock running through you. 

Mermoz looks lively whenever he gets his hands on the ball but you can't say the same about many of his team-mates. Burban is back into the fray after that check-up on his sore head. Scrum, Welsh put-in.

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Jonathan Davies
Former dual code international on BBC One

"There's not much to talk about. Wales have had ball and pressure. France have done hardly anything. It's just been played between the two 22s. Imagination is needed to break defences down."

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

"This has become the hallmark of Dan Lydiate. He goes down low to stop the attacker having the option of the offload but you have to use your arms. Justified decision for the penalty." 

Hang on, we're going back for an iffy tackle by Lydiate, no arms in that tackle. Not sure how Barnes missed that first time around, Plisson puts France on the board from bang in front.

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Mermoz shows some magic, puts in Vakatawa but the French wing stumbles. France's first sustained period of pressure, their forwards inch towards the Welsh try-line... stout Welsh defence and eventually Barnes pings his whistle as France go off their feet.

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Wales prop Rob Evans is having a big game.

The Scarlet has carried nine times so far - the most of any player on the field - and has shown a deft pair of hands as well, offloading three times.

Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live

"Absolutely charging run in to the tackle from Sam Warburton there. Confrontational rugby at its best: I’m coming for ya!"

Biggar bangs over another one and the French are sinking slowly into the abyss. Goujon on for Burban in the French back-row.

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Mark Ridgway: Another Wales kick, might as well as make a cup of tea, walk the dog, read War and Peace whilst waiting for Biggar.

Brian Moore
Ex-England hooker on BBC One

"France have offered very little. It's almost like they're making it up. It's awful."

Nothing for the travelling French fans to cheer at the moment, any notion of French flair seems like a thing of the very dim and distant past. You mourn for French rugby watching this. Wales penalty, Burban absolutely ironed out by Warburton. Burban looks like he's been run over by a runaway tractor and is forced off the pitch.

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Andrew Douthwaite: France look awful, Wales marginally better. What's going on with northern hemisphere rugby at the moment?

Franko: Scrums are becoming absolutely worthless in the modern game... Not been a completed one yet in this game..!

Wales move it right and Jonathan Davies looks to break through, only to be scragged by Chouly. France fanned out wide, Liam Williams kicks and chases but France mop it up. Plisson fails to find touch, Biggar runs it back. Burban shows tremendous strength to hold Warburton up, France get the put-in.