France kept alive their Grand Slam hopes with a convincing eight-try 54-12 hammering of woeful Wales who suffered a 13th successive Six Nations defeat.
Wing Theo Attissogbe scored two tries with further scores from Emilien Gailleton, Fabien Brau-Boirie, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Matthieu Jalibert, Julien Marchand and Charles Ollivon – and 14 points kicked by Thomas Ramos.
The attendance of 57,744 at the Principality Stadium was Wales’ lowest crowd for a Six Nations game at the ground that was not played during the Covid era.
Wales responded with a first-half try from prop Rhys Carre and consolation score from Mason Grady but could not prevent a record win for France in Cardiff.
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Les Bleus also scored a record amount of points in this fixture, beating the 51 they managed in 1998 at Wembley.
In the six games Wales have played under head coach Steve Tandy, they have now conceded 302 points and 42 tries.
Defending champions France remain the only unbeaten team in the tournament and will host Italy in Paris next Sunday.