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Wales v France Live: start time, team news and latest score updates

Wales take on France in Cardiff as Warren Gatland's side look for their first win of the 2024 Six Nations.

Saturday's shock wins for Italy and England over Scotland and Ireland, respectively, mean Wales are staring down the barrel of a first Wooden Spoon in 21 years unless they can produce something special over the next two weekends. Gatland has made some surprise changes for this match, dropping George North and Nick Tompkins in favour of Joe Roberts and Owen Watkin in the midfield and moving captain Dafydd Jenkins to the back row.

The game kicks off at 3pm and is being shown live on S4C and BBC One. You can follow live updates below.

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France have made eight changes and handed three starts to debutants for the date in the Welsh capital. Full-back Leo Barre, centre Nicolas Depoortere and giant lock Emmanuel Meafou will all make their Test bows in Cardiff, while Thomas Ramos has switched from full-back to fly-half to cover for the injured Matthieu Jalibert.

Wales: Cameron Winnett; Josh Adams, Joe Roberts, Owen Watkin, Rio Dyer; Sam Costelow, Tomos Williams; Gareth Thomas, Ryan Elias, Keiron Assiratti, Will Rowlands, Adam Beard, Dafydd Jenkins (c), Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Corey Domachowski, Dillon Lewis, Alex Mann, Mackenzie Martin, Gareth Davies, Ioan Lloyd, Mason Grady.

France: Barre; Penaud, Fickou, Depoortere, Bielle-Biarrey;

BBC exclusive UPS Inside shock Updates score

Matthieu Jalibert Ryan Elias Warren Gatland Elliot Dee Aaron Wainwright Dafydd Jenkins Gareth Davies Nick Tompkins Josh Adams Owen Watkin Tomos Williams Gareth Thomas Will Rowlands Thomas Ramos Joe Roberts Sam Costelow Corey Domachowski Tommy Reffell

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