'It's amazing, we worked all the week for a big game like that it was a tough game.'
Ntamack scored a smart intercept try and chipped in with 12 points with the boot for a first French victory in Cardiff since 2010 that also went some way to avenging Les Bleus' Rugby World Cup quarter-final exit at Welsh hands."We have no experience but we play with a smile but it was good experience to win here."
But the French arrived in the Welsh capital girded by a new attacking verve and, importantly, a reconstructed defensive rigour thanks to former long-time Wales coach Shaun Edwards, and on the back of opening wins over England and Italy . Biggar reduced the deficit with his second penalty as Fickou was denied what would have been a fantastic try by the television match official for a forward pass in the build-up.
Six tense minutes later and a Nick Tompkins knock-on after a thrilling sequence of offloading attack saw France's defence stand firm to escape any punishment, going into the break 17-9 up.
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