France vs Wales Six Nations 2019: What time is kick-off tonight? TV channel, team news
FRANCE vs Wales Six Nations 2019: What time is kick off and how can you watch the match on TV?
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France and Wales start the 2019 Six Nations at the Stade de France in Paris tonight as another championship gets underway.
France come into the Six Nations in wretched form having lost six of their last seven Tests, and six of the last seven meetings with Wales since the 2011 World Cup victory.
France also go into the game without Mathieu Bastareaud, replaced by 19-year-old debutant Romain Ntamack.
Wales meanwhile have handed a start to Tomos Williams to make his Six Nations debut at scrum half, replacing the crocked Gareth Davies.
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France vs Wales kick off time
France host Wales at the Stade de France in the opening match of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.
The match gets underway at 8pm GMT tonight (9pm French time).
France vs Wales TV channel
France vs Wales is being shown live on the BBC One and BBC One HD.
John Inverdale presents the live coverage from 7.25pm.
Rugby fans will also be able to watch France vs Wales via the BBC Sport website and the BBC iPlayer.
The action is also available on Welsh channel S4C.
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France vs Wales team news
France: 15-Maxime Medard, 14-Damian Penaud, 13-Wesley Fofana, 12-Romain Ntamack, 11-Yoann Huget, 10-Camille Lopez, 9-Morgan Parra; 1-Jefferson Poirot, 2-Guilhem Guirado (capt), 3-Uini Atonio, 4-Sebastien Vahaamahina, 5-Paul Willemse, 6-Wenceslas Lauret, 7-Arthur Iturria, 8-Louis Picamoles
Replacements: 16-Julien Marchand, 17-Dany Priso, 18-Demba Bamba, 19-Felix Lambey, 20-Gregory Alldritt, 21-Baptiste Serin, 22-Gael Fickou, 23-Geoffrey Doumayrou
Wales: 15-Liam Williams, 14-George North, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Hadleigh Parkes, 11-Josh Adams, 10-Gareth Anscombe, 9-Tomos Williams; 1-Rob Evans, 2-Ken Owens, 3-Tomas Francis, 4-Alun Wyn Jones (capt), 5-Adam Beard, 6-Josh Navidi, 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Ross Moriarty
Replacements: 16-Elliot Dee, 17-Wyn Jones, 18-Samson Lee, 19-Cory Hill, 20-Aaron Wainwright, 21-Gareth Davies, 22-Dan Biggar, 23-Owen Watkin
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France vs Wales manager views
Jacques Brunel on leaving out centre Mathieu Bastareaud: "It's not a sanction, he's an important player in the squad. He's definitely not been thrown out. Romain Ntamack is a strong pick.
"Of course, he's a lad whose qualities we all know. He's shown since the start of the season that he's capable of adapting to the levels he's played at."
Wales head coach Warren Gatland on Bastareaud's omission: "We had expected him to be included. He has been a big part of their squad.
"Probably what surprised me as much as anything was the fact he is not in the 23. I thought if he wasn't in the starting XV, he would be on the bench as an impact player for the last 20 minutes.
"Their last home game in the Six Nations was a win against England, and they should have beaten Ireland in that first game as well. They are going to be a tough proposition."