A difficult night for Ireland saw them lose heavily to France in Paris.
Nathan Johns and Gerry Thornley were at the Stade de France to pick through where it all went wrong.
Was Ireland’s game plan exposed? What to make of selection or the decision to continually kick away possession? What positives, if any, can be gleamed from a second half fightback?
Produced by John Casey.
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