{"id":64419,"date":"2022-03-12T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64419"},"modified":"2022-03-12T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:01:02","slug":"wales-v-france-cardiff-welcomes-french-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/12\/wales-v-france-cardiff-welcomes-french-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales v France: Cardiff welcomes French visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Despite suffering a 9-13 defeat to the favourites, Cardiff produced a fantastic atmosphere in and out of the stadium for this crunch Six Nations tie<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Wales vs France: Cardiff welcomes French visitors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UR6F3V4PlZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Wales vs France: Cardiff welcomes French visitors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UR6F3V4PlZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FRENCH fans flooded the city on Friday as their side sought to beat Wales and take another step towards the Grand Slam. 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