Wales: Five minutes of magic in Paris | 2005 | Guinness Six Nations

Wales 2005 title challenge took off on a magical night in Paris against the previous year's Grand Slammers France.
Few gave them a chance but what unfolded was an epic, with five of the greatest rugby minutes of Martyn Williams life at its heart.
Having already unexpectedly beaten England in Round One, Wales would go on to claim the Grand Slam against Ireland on the final day.

[@stavrosgeorgios5577]

This 5 mins of rugby changed Welsh rugby forever.

[@othronos]

Shane Williams what a beauty

[@bitchoflivingblah]

Nugget took on both French second rows for the last try. Agree with all the other posters Dwayne Peel delivery from the scrum and breakdown is s sight to behold.

[@neiljones2264]

The speed in which the ball is recycled from the ruck is impressive, it always puts the defence on the back foot, would be nice to see that speed used in today's games...

[@denismoran670]

Ufortunately, we now have scrum halves who like to have a debate/take a breather/look around to find the other 14 players/ at the base of the scrum - Gareth Edwards must be shuddering!

[@denismoran670]

Apologie to Lloyd Williams - brilliant in his steadiness!

[@TheGadfly85]

Absolutely true. The only team that has been doing it rather consistently are the All Blacks, which is one reason why they are so successful.

[@James-ih4gz]

ireland and france have that quick ball now in 2023 its so deadly. wales were a great team in 2005 i love how they played the game so expansive

[@reportaccounthcc2463]

Some great hands from Henson. At 2:50 especially, the pass is poor at his feet and all over the place through the air but he picks it up without breaking stride like it's nothing

[@oliprj8676]

Martyn Williams ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@taffp4360]

When the “The Boys” Chuck the ball about instead of playing slow grinding rugby, they are one of the most dangerous sides to play against

[@RD-wg2nt]

Was at this game. A great season under Ruddock in 2005 for the GS. Wales had much success after this, but this was their best rugby IMO.

[@cerievans4099]

I was also there, as a guest of SocGen. My host asked me if I wanted to go to the bar at half-time and I said that I was there to watch rugby. He made it back just after Martyn Williams' second try!

[@RD-wg2nt]

@@cerievans4099 Yes I remember grabbing a drink at halftime thinking to myself that Wales are in with a chance here… Good times.

[@HT-io1eg]

I was there. 40th birthday weekend in Paris. Cymru am byth

[@davidpearn2484]

I was there as well bloody freezing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@saintjude8029]

Remember it well.Crapping myself at half time and then the ginger ninja scores two tries outstanding lol

[@JanSanono]

Ah the days when half the Welsh team was called Williams

[@alx6584]

And the other half was called Jones . Adam Jones ,Duncan Jones,Ryan Jones ,stefen Jones

[@steventhomas9461]

@@alx6584 Stephen not stefen

[@ryanllewellyn9416]

Forgot about Henson, cockbain, Kev Morgan Shane Williams clueless comment my friend

[@lewisjohn2597]

What a team! Stephen Jones...what an underrated number 10. Just looked some guy down the local pub. As for Henson, a wasted talent too.

[@JW-th4nn]

Martyn Williams - What a man mountain he was. Magnificent player! Cymru am byth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@SlowToe]

Rugby magic

[@johnkynaston3907]

2 tries for Martin Williams. Great!

[@christycullen2355]

Stephen Jones was an insanely good 10

[@alexthomas2067]

Very underrated

[@reportaccounthcc2463]

A great all rounder. He was a bit unreliable from the tee at the beginning of his Wales career but it got so much better with age

[@navnig]

So much talent in that Welsh side back then.

[@simonroberts33]

I was there, the French fans were jubilant at half time, but started leaving before the final whistle was blown. What a great match!

[@colingale7501]

Wonderful

[@peterh64]

Epic

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

Ponty had a ridiculously good pack that year.

[@Mystic_Apollo]

KZbin's recommended working in weird ways again, just 4 hours before kickoff of Wales vs France 2021, hoping for this grand slam

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

Loved the Brawn shirts.

[@soltaylor685]

I was privileged to be at this game 😊😊

[@neillewis1389]

I was blessed to be born a welshman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@dorianevans9527]

great stuff

[@johntomlinsonsr8590]

Now that is a true Welsh Team. Full of Jones’ and Williams’ 😂

[@davidhawkins8830]

Brilliant well done lads 👍

[@daddystu7046]

Williams to Williams to Williams. Try!

[@matthewprice2626]

I was down the club and everyone was saying I was nuts how delayed my reaction to martyn Williams try was. I was like he's scored again fkin look.

[@Andrew-yb1uv]

That's more completed passes in 5min than Wales managed in 80mins last week.

[@noybeeswax]

Mate, you are clearly out of touch. We have scored more tries than any other team this Six Nations, 17 tries in this 2021 tournament, get your head out of your rear end.

[@vantheman1244]

Awful commentary. Talk about not capturing the moment of Stephen Jones fantastic break.

[@peterjones2834]

If only we had half backs like Peel Jones now.

[@jordanfogg2325]

Ngl mate but give me Gareth Davies and Biggar over Peel and Jones any day, hopefully they'll be bringing a World Cup back to Wales

[@isitwasit8756]

@wildebest his role has vanished ?? So the role of a 7 linking play between forwards and backs in your opinion has vanished ?? Suppose you consider tipuric nothing more than a hindrance in today's "modern" game.. put the crack pipe down pall because what Williams did for Wales the likes of tipuric is doing today for Wales..

[@DavidWilliams-zn2nc]

As far as commentating goes, that might be the worst I’ve ever heard!!!! 🤷🏻‍♂️