France straight off their feet at the breakdown, penalty Ireland and Tyrrell finds touch

Holding on, penalty France and they take the quick tap up towards the 22

Ulutule grubbers ahead

Gros crashes on halfway

Tyrrell kicks ahead, Boulard plays Boujard on the run back on the left

Massive scrum from France and they win the penalty, Boujard missed touch

Drouin gets the second half underway for France but it has not gone 10m, back for an Irish scrum on halfway

France take a commanding 38-8 lead over Ireland into halftime. Ireland opened the scoring with a penalty 5 minutes in, but France hit back with two tries to lead 14-3 around the midpoint of the half. It went from bad to worse for Ireland, as the French were awarded a penalty try, with Ireland picking up a yellow card in the process. Despite being a player down, Ireland went over for their first try to trail 21-8. France added a penalty around the half hour mark, before finishing the half in style, running in a further two scores for an emphatic lead at the break.

Lost forward and then kicked into touch so that will be halftime

Box kick from Sansus onto Considine who kicks ahead