“It was incredibly loud“- Aaron Wainwright praises raucous French travelling support

Steve Tandy’s side have now shipped 102 points in their opening two Six Nations contests, and face Scotland next week, who are fresh off claiming the Calcutta Cup.

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However, there are two remaining home games in the Six Nations, and in the past, those games would have sides on edge heading to the Welsh capital, but after Sunday’s one-sided performance, both Scotland and Italy won’t be fearing the trip to Cardiff.

In Wales’ last two home outings against 'Les Bleus' and South Africa, their home stadium has not felt homely. It’s a stadium clearly missing its roar, but that’s no surprise due to the current landscape of the game in Wales.

Sunday, the encounter looked like it was played in Cardiff, but it sounded as if the Stade de France had relocated. Many Welsh supporters chose not to come, as the brutal defeat took place in front of 57,744 spectators with 13,900 French fans travelling through Cardiff Airport.

It was the lowest attended Six Nations game in the Welsh capital. Cardiff has lost its intimidating edge, which so many feared. Now, sides look forward to their outings in a once proud rugby nation.

Dragons RFC and Wales back-row, Aaron Wainwright added:

“Yeah (it is a worry).

“On the flip side of that, it was great to see so many French fans sitting in the stadium today. It was incredibly loud.”

There were more than 15,000 empty seats, which only a few short years ago, fixtures in the Six Nations in Cardiff would have been sold out weeks, if not months, in advance. It surpasses the previous record, set 24 years ago when Wales faced Italy, with 58,349 spectators watching on.

But it’s not likely that the number will rise much more after Sunday’s game, where Thomas Ramos kicked 14 points as Theo Attissogbe scored twice. They were also accompanied by Emilien Gailleton, Fabien Brau-Boirie, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Matthieu Jalibert, Julien Marchand and Charles Ollivon, who also all scored.

Speaking on the thumping defeat, Wainwright added: “I don’t think the scoreline roughly reflects it (our performance) very well.

“Comparing our performance to last week, a little bit better, we showed glimpses. But when they (France) get the ball moving, and they start to play their game, it’s very hard to get that back under control.