Women's Six Nations 2023: France beat Wales 39-14 to set up title decider against England

France withstood a spirited 2nd fractional from Wales to acceptable up a Grand Slam decider against England.

But arsenic the rainfall came in, truthful Wales rallied, with Georgia Evans and Gwenllian Pyrs crossing from adjacent range.

But successful the superior of the French Alps, Wales had near themselves excessively precocious a upland to climb.

France volition present instrumentality connected defending champions England astatine Twickenham for the rubric successful their finale connected Saturday, 29 April, a lucifer that volition beryllium fitting of a satellite grounds assemblage for a women's Test match, with much than 50,000 tickets sold.

Wales volition decorativeness their tourney successful Parma connected the aforesaid day, needing a azygous constituent against Italy to unafraid 3rd spot and reaffirm their spot arsenic the alleged "best of the rest".

Jessy Tremouliere, 1 of the greats of planetary rugby, led the teams retired into the cauldron of noise. The France fly-half was fittingly fixed a hero's reception successful what was her last location crippled earlier retirement.

Wales stressed the value of starting accelerated successful the build-up, conscionable arsenic they did against England, but got disconnected to the worst imaginable start.

The shot was knocked connected from archetypal kick-off and from the resulting scrum Tremouliere made a interruption down the blindside earlier Romane Menager was enactment done connected a large enactment line.

Tremouliere was connected people with a hard conversion, and added different 3 points erstwhile Wales were penalised successful beforehand of posts.

France's 2nd effort is 1 Carys Williams-Morris volition not privation to spot connected repeat, the RAF winger showed excessively overmuch of the touchline to Gaelle Hermet, the flanker winning the conflict for pace.

Tremouliere added the extras arsenic Wales looked shell-shocked.

Wales were past dealt different stroke erstwhile 1 of their astir experienced players, Sioned Harries, was shown a yellowish card.

Lisa Neumann did good to chop down Cyrielle Banet conscionable abbreviated of the line, but Harries got successful the mode arsenic France tried to recycle the ball.

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Wales managed a turnover from the scrum and looked to person gone the 10 minutes without conceding until Melissande Llorens raced done a spread successful midfield, and determination was to beryllium nary catching the flying French wing.

Wales did their champion to get a foothold, but each introduction into France's 22 resulted successful a turnover, with the French looking to tally the shot from deep.

They wrapped up the bonus constituent connected the changeable of half-time, Llorens done again from adjacent scope contempt immoderate dogged defending.

France continued their ruthless streak aft the interruption arsenic the upwind and rainfall began to swirl in.

Charlotte Escudero finished disconnected a spectacular determination arsenic Wales struggled to unrecorded with France's width and offload game.

But arsenic conditions worsened, Wales coped amended and deservedly got connected the scoreboard aft their driving line-out had fixed them an attacking platform.

The forwards inched their mode to the line, with Evans claiming the effort aft the referee went upstairs to the tv lucifer authoritative to confirm.

Elinor Snowsill added the conversion.

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Wales continued to dampen French spirits, and the instauration of their seat made an contiguous impact.

Pyrs powered implicit nether the posts, with Snowsill erstwhile again connected people from the tee to momentarily soundlessness the crowd.

Wales pushed for a third, but France managed to crook implicit the shot connected the effort line, and Harries was again nether the spotlight for a swinging arm, but aft a lengthy review, it resulted successful lone a penalty.

France had the last accidental erstwhile prop Rose Bernadou crashed implicit aft Gabrielle Vernier broke the line.

Tremouliere missed the conversion, but the it did small to spoil the enactment connected the last whistle.

Wales caput manager Ioan Cunningham said: "We gave ourselves excessively overmuch to bash successful that archetypal half.

"When you travel determination similar this, if you don't commencement good and spell 2 scores down it's a pugnacious spot to be.

"But I'm truly arrogant of the effort successful the 2nd half, we won that 14-12, we came backmost truly beardown but there's worldly to physique connected for adjacent week.

"Italy is going to beryllium a pugnacious situation and it's each connected adjacent week for that third-spot truthful it's going to beryllium a pugnacious week."

France: Boulard; Banet, Menager, Vernier, Llorens; Tremouliere, Chambon; Brosseau, Sochat, Khalfaoui, Picut, Forlani (capt), Escudero, Hermet, Menager.

Replacements: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Bernadou, Feleu, Gros, Duces, Arbez, Filopon.

Wales: Keight; Neumann, H Jones (capt), George, Williams-Morris; Snowsill, Lewis; Constable, Phillips, Hale, Fleming, Evans, Lewis, Williams, Harries.

Replacements: K Jones, Pyrs, Tuipulotu, King, Callender, Bevan, Wilkins, Terry.

Match officials

Referee: Clara Munarini (FIR)

Assistants: Katherine Ritchie (RFU), Mary Pringle (SRU)

TMO: Matteo Liperini