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France demolish Wales 43-0 in Six Nations opener

France demolish Wales 43-0 in Six Nations opener

By Mikaele Liga
01/02/2025

French Olympic gold medalist Antoine Dupont led France to a crushing seven-try 43-0 victory over Wales in the opening game of the Six Nations Championship in Paris, handing them their 13th straight loss in international rugby.

Dupont notched up three try assists as the French raced out to a 28-0 half-time lead.

Wingers Theo Attissogbe and Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored twice, while Julien Marchand, Emilien Gailleton, and Gregory Alldritt scored a try each.

In other matches, Scotland will take Italy at 2.15am tomorrow and Ireland will face England at 4.45am tomorrow.

[Source: BBC]

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