Crafty Stan will be trading tonight's Six Nations game between Wales and France. Crafty will be starting with a trading bank of 500 points.

19:50pm
The French are shortening like nobody's business here. The lineups are as follows:

The teams:

 

 

Wales:15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 James Hook, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Ryan Jones(c), 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Deiniol Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James.
Replacements:16 Ken Owens, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Luke Charteris, 19 Sam Warburton, 20 Mike Phillips, 21 Andrew Bishop, 22 Tom Shanklin.

France:15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Julien Malzieu, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Fran�ois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Julien Pierre, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements:16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Alexandre Lapandry, 19 S�bastien Chabal, 20 Frederic Michalak, 21 David Marty, 22 Marc Andreu.

 

Date: Friday, 26 February
Venue: Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 20.00 GMT
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

19:56pm
France are out on the field alone waiting for the Welsh. I have to lay this France price. Lay France @ 1.35 for 100 Liability.

20:02pm
Anthems have started, these sides will be raring to go.
MATCH POSITION = Wales +285.70, France -100 (Before commission), Draw +285.70

20:10pm
The French get their first sniff on a dangerous attack as they get a two man overlap and then eventually the ball is kicked too long only for Shane WIlliams to make it dead.
After 5 mins - Wales 0-0 France

20:12pm
Hook hands a try to the French on a plate, Pallisson telegraphs him perfectly to intercept and put the French up. Was looking a bit promising thus far for the Welsh for once aswell. 
After 7 mins - Wales 0-7 France

20:15pm
Trinh-Duc fluffs a drop goal attempt.
After 10 mins - Wales 0-7 France

20:23pm
Jones is offside so the French go right into the Welsh 22 for a scrum, after a promising build-up they knock on.
After 17 mins - Wales 0-7 France

20:26pm
This is getting very annoying. A silly penalty given away gives Parra the chance to add 3 more.
After 20 Mins - Wales 0-10 France

20:28pm
Great break from the Welsh ends when Stephen Jones kicks through for Hook to run on to but it is well read.
A monster boot from Lee Byrne puts the French under pressure deep in their own territory.

20:33pm
Richie Rees is wrongly penalised. Poor officiating. Parra knocks over another penalty. Not happy.
After 27 mins - Wales 0-13 France.

20:40pm
Parra messes up and has to kick for a dangerous Welsh lineout. The Welsh win it with a nice dummy play and Williams goes out wide, outpaces one then gets bundled into touch. Better though from the Welsh.

20:47pm
Bastareud knocks on with the try-line begging. Wales getting dominated.

20:49pm
Pathetic. Another Interception try.
Half Time - Wales 0-20 France.

Game over? Probably. Disgraceful stuff from both me and the Welsh.

For the sake of 10 points I will get a 500 point lay in @ 1.02. Might get at least a trading position.

MATCH POSITION - Wales +785.70, France -110, Draw +785.70

Stuck a back of the French in at 1.2. We'll see if it gets matched. Back the French for 550 Points @ 1.2 which if matched would look like Wales +235.70 France 0,Draw +235.70

Unlikely but we will see.

21:04pm
Great opportunity blown as Hook goes clear after a great kick from Williams but unfortunately Hook's pass is to Second row rather than a winger. Blah.

0-20 after 44 mins.

21:06pm
Stephen Jones knocks over a penalty and becomes Wales most prolific championship points scorer.

Wales 3-20 France after 46 mins.

21:10pm
Good momentum here for Wales. Penalty opportunity. Jones makes no mistake, maybe we will see 1.2!
Wales 6-20 France after 50 mins.

21:18pm
Wales are getting right into this. Got a penalty but when they go for the corner Lee Byrne murders their momentum by kicking the ball dead. IDIOT.

21:23pm
Do the welsh dare to dream??? Yes they do. Shane Williams makes a lovely pass to Leigh Halfpenny who goes over in the corner. The atmosphere is electric now. Jones nails a beauty of a kick Game on!
Wales 13-20 France

MATCHED by the way :)

21:28pm
In all that excitment I missed a sin-binning. Parra off.

21:31pm
Oh my lord. Jamie Roberts goes clear and just needs a simple pass to Hook for a try under the posts and he didnt pass. SO FRUSTRATING!!!!

21:35pm
Penalty chance for France to probably nail the game down. Michalak puts it over.

Wales 13-23 France after 72 mins

21:40pm
Wales ran out of steam. Penalty France. Just think if it wasnt for those two stupid interceptions. Very frustrating night but at least we havent lost.

Wales 13-26 France after 78 mins.

21:42pm
You can't criticise the Welsh here. They just will not give in. Williams runs half the length of the pitch to go over but unfortunately there isn't any more time. Brilliant fight back from Wales just falls short.

Good night all. Hope you enjoyed the game.

FT - Wales 20-26 France.