Ireland (7) 19
TRY: Conor Murray. CON: Johnny Sexton PEN: Johnny Sexton (2), Paddy Jackson. DG: Johnny Sexton
France (6) 9
PEN: Camille Lopez (3)
Greater purpose, full of endeavour is how you would categorise Ireland in this match as they battled to a convincing 19 – 9 win against a disappointing France on Saturday evening at the Aviva.
A Conor Murray try, converted by Johnny Sexton saw Ireland go into the break with a one point lead. Two penalties and a drop goal from Sexton plus a Paddy Jackson penalty wrapped it up for the Irish as the French committed too many offences in the second half.
I’d predicted a win for the French in this one but Ireland didn’t have to do much more than show a bit of resolve to turn this game that appeared to be going the visitors way in the opening exchanges. It . . .
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