Warren Gatland will be firing up the sort of team talk that strips paint from the dressing room wall.

That was an uncharacteristically messy first half performance.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

They're mush aren't they? Their minds are mush. Wales have played a lot of very tough rugby, they're battled-hardened, no doubt about that. Get into the changing rooms right now. Get the ball off the field and sprint into the changing room.

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The ball spills forward from a blue hand.

You have to hope that Ken Owens knew that Wales had the advantage. The Wales hooker threw a kamikaze long pass across the face of his own posts that was duly intercepted by Damian Penaud.

Gulp. Fortunately Jaco Peyper calls play back for the set-piece.

Clock red and Ross Moriarty back into play after his yellow card.

Antoine Dupont is sparking at scrum-half. The French nine bobs and weaves into the Wales 22m...

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Romain Ntamack misses another very makeable shot at goal, the ball rattling off the upright.

Camille Lopez - Clermont's dependable boot - is on the bench and might be nudging Jacques Brunel's arm.

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Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

Get it off! Get it off the field! Fantastic defence from George North by the way in that two-on-one, trapped in between Ntamack and Fickou, but my goodness me Wales, you're making it difficult for yourselves. Clear your lines!

France are swarming all over Wales like an outbreak of head lice in a primary school.

Josh Adams comes rushing in off his wing to put a crucial hit on on number eight Gregory Alldritt with blue numbers outside him.

Gael Fickou is then almost away up the opposite wing before George North managed to scrag him by the coattails.

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Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at Oita Stadium

When Warren Gatland was asked if it was a difficult decision to leave out Ross Moriarty for this match, his answer was: "No, not really." That was it.

I can only imagine how much Gatland will be seething that Moriarty's brief cameo ended with a yellow card, which France exploited with Virimi Vakatawa's try.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

That was like a little taste of the most beautiful Bordeaux you're ever going to taste in your life. Magnificent hands from France in midfield when there was no right to break the line. Wales had all the defenders they needed but my goodness, that was so intricate. Absolutely beautiful.

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Tom Shanklin
Former Wales international on BBC Radio 5 Live

If that was a shoulder that would have been a red. Ross Moriarty tries to bear hug Fickou and his arm connects with his jaw.

Straight on, straight back off.

Wales defence is stretched by Maxime Medard's cross-field kick and in his rush to plug the gap, Ross Moriarty, just on as a replacement, catches Gael Fickou on the chin as he lunges into a cover tackle.

That is was at speed and a cover tackle rather than a lined-up collision saves him from red.

Just yellow and Moriarty is relieved.

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What's this then? Wales number eight Josh Navidi is heading to the touchline and this looks like it might be his game done. Fortunately Wales have an ideal replacement on the bench.

Ross Moriarty is into the fray...

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The Wales centre with an outrageous piece of improvisation, slapping a pass onto Alun Wyn Jones with one hand to foil the French rush defence.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

I'm going to keep saying it, in phase play France have not got a clue what to do. As soon as Wales slow it down they look utterly lost - they've got no shape, no pattern. Guirado took one ball up and just flopped to the ground. If it goes into normal phase play, Wales have got this wrapped up.

Jefferson Poirot - the France prop - is pinged for an illegal neck roll as he clears out the breakdown.

His team's pressure in a promising position evaporates. You can't afford to do that and make the last four of a World Cup.

Tom Shanklin
Former Wales international on BBC Radio 5 Live

We had another glimpse of what Vakatawa can do in attack there. The Wales defence are really hanging off him. You've got to get in that guy's face and stop him at source.

France with another moment of magic!

Romain Ntamack's restart is plucked out of the air by Virimi Vakatawa. He offloads to Gael Fickou and suddenly les Bleus have gone 22m to 22m in a twinkle.

With a quarter of the game gone, we are on target for a 48-40 France victory.

Both sides are running hard and scoring freely.

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