• Wales coach advocates injury-only replacements to open up games
• France make five changes for Six Nations match under Cardiff roofWarren Gatland has blamed the loss of French flair on the conditioning of contemporary players and defensive organisation,with the Wales coach saying that if World Rugby wants to encourage attacking rugby it needs to consider radical measures such as permitting replacements to be used only for injuries.
Wales face France at the Principality Stadium on Friday night looking for a fifth successive victory over Les Bleus, who possess not finished in the top half of the Six Nations since 2011, or having long abandoned their tradition of running rugby.
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Source: theguardian.com