BELIEVE in yourselves and you will start winning - that will be the advice of flanker and former skipper Colin Charvis (pictured) to the Wales youngsters ahead of the France game this weekend.

The 54-times capped Swansea man will put his future at Swansea out of his mind until after the final Six Nations encounter as his side bid to avoid a whitewash.

And he says the current Wales line-up are only 80 minutes away from becoming a very good side.

"As much as the experienced guys like myself try to instil confidence into the rest of the team, it's time now the rest of the guys started believing in themselves," said the 30-year-old.

"The coaches believe in them, the senior players believe in them and it's just a case of everyone being confident and the results will come. We are out of the winning habit and that is difficult to deal with, but 80 minutes of rugby can quickly turn that around."

Charvis is thinking over a redundancy package offer from Swansea, who recently went into temporary administration, while a break from rugby after the Six Nations has been talked about.

But asked if the Swansea situation was an unwelcome distraction, he said: "Not really.

"When the things with Swansea came out a couple of weeks ago I thought that rather than get bogged down in that, it was important I focus on things with Wales.

"If you ask me questions about that next Monday morning, maybe I'll have some better answers for you.

"All that matters to me at the moment is if I do start Saturday's game, I repay Steve and the squad for having confidence in me and bringing me back into the team.

"I don't know how long it will last. I'm not saying it's a permanent fixture. I thought Gavin (Thomas) did really well in the two games he played while I was on the bench.

"I just think If I am given an opportunity this weekend I'm going to do the best I can and if I'm on the bench I'll get right behind the guys who are there."

Charvis rates the French back row almost as highly as England's and expects a tough time on Saturday, though he is hoping the Wales front five, who did so well against Ireland, will again ease the pressure.

"The back row did fairly well on Saturday, but I think that was because the front five were a bit stronger than they have been before," he said.

"With the rest of the forwards going forward, it makes back row life a lot easier.

"France have a good back row, there's no doubt about that, so we'll have to work on ways of nullifying their threats. It seems like a very difficult task on Saturday because France did play very well against Ireland and Italy. So we have to see if we can rise to the challenge and provide a little bit of magic ourselves."