France 38-21 WalesAlun Wyn Jones equals Richie McCaw’s world caps recordAlun Wyn Jones’ record-equalling night in
Paris was ruined by a fourth Welsh defeat in a row and both the captain and his head coach admit there is serious work to do.
The Wales leader matched Richie McCaw’s world caps record of 148 at an empty Stade de France, but he took a cheap first-half shot from Bernard Le Roux that went unpunished.
France scored three first-half tries, two from star man Antoine Dupont and a Cyril Baille effort, despite Leigh Halfpenny putting Wales ahead within a minute. But the inability of Wayne Pivac’s side to get on top in the contact area and their porous defence – both issues at the start of this year’s Six Nations – came back to haunt them.