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Players just didn’t turn up – Gatland<\/p>\n

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Wales coach Warren Gatland criticised his players after a 28-9 loss to France in Paris saw them go from Six Nations title outsiders to end in fourth place.<\/b><\/p>\n

England’s loss earlier in Ireland meant Wales could have sneaked the championship with a 27-point win. <\/p>\n

But even that improbable chance son disappeared as Wales errors gifted France lock Lionel Nallet two tries. <\/p>\n

“I’m very disappointed, we just didn’t turn up mentally today,” Gatland told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n

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“We’ve given away too many turnovers, some soft penalties that were crucial and the first couple of scores were down to our own errors really. <\/p>\n

“France did not have to work for the points that they got, particularly early on, and we made it difficult for ourselves. <\/p>\n

“When you’re right mentally you are strong over the ball, you are aggressive at the breakdown and we weren’t good enough in that area.” <\/p>\n

France led 11-3 at half-time after Wales were shoved off a ruck, allowing Nallet to scoop up the ball and charge over for an unconverted try. <\/p>\n

Nallet benefitted again early in the second half when Julien Pierre charged down Wales fly-half James Hook’s attempted clearance before popping the ball to his second-row colleague. <\/p>\n

Soo after Hook was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on Morgan Parra and Wales had a mountain to climb, although Gatland disagreed with the match officials’ decision. <\/p>\n

“A yellow card is a bit tough, it was a little bit soft, it’s fairly innocuous really,” Gatland added. <\/p>\n

Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones admitted that his coach was right to criticise their performance at the breakdown areas. <\/p>\n

“The urgency wasn’t there in the contact areas,” Jones said. “As players we won’t make any excuses, it’s very disappointing to finish the Six Nations like that. <\/p>\n

“It’s a pretty barren place in the changing room at the moment. <\/p>\n

“We want to be top three in the world, unfortunately it wasn’t there today and it hurts.”\n<\/p>\n

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