France coach blasts Welsh defence

IRELAND have been handed the keys to unlocking the Welsh defence from the unlikely source of a Yorkshireman working in France.

Dave Ellis, defence coach with France for the last nine years, has launched a stinging attack on his Wales opposite number Shaun Edwards in the wake of their 26-20 win in Cardiff.

Ellis claimed Wales had been “found out” after failing to move with the times and revealed France deliberately targeted James Hook’s “indecisiveness” for the interception try that set them on course for victory at the Millennium Stadium.