Six Nations: Crushing defeat for Wales in Paris
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sara Orchard is with Philippa Tuttiett and Ugo Monye in Paris to react to disappointment for Wales in their opening match against France. What went so wrong for Wales, and what went so right for France? Plus, Chris Jones speaks to Ellis Genge ahead of England’s opener against Ireland, and Matt Dawson joins him in Dublin to look ahead to Saturday’s match.
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| 0:00.0 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
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| 0:08.0 | So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history? |
| 0:15.0 | His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him. |
| 0:18.0 | He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening. |
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| 0:36.1 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:41.3 | Well, the 2025 Six Nations has started. |
| 0:46.3 | We are recording this Rugby Union weekly now, about 20 minutes after the final whistle, where basically France have dumped Wales. |
| 0:54.8 | There's no other word really for it. |
| 0:57.0 | 43 nil. |
| 0:58.7 | I've got Philippa Tatia Ugamanya here. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm Sarah Orchard. |
| 1:02.5 | I mean, let's just start with something really nice. |
| 1:05.8 | It's great being here. |
| 1:07.1 | It's the Six Nations. |
| 1:08.3 | Fulibar, you've got to smile about that if nothing else. |
| 1:10.3 | Look, you cannot knock the way that the French host these games. It was absolutely |
| 1:16.1 | unbelievable scenes. Before the teams ran out, the fireworks, the pyrotechnics, the lights, the music. |
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