Even with talisman Dupont forced out by injury, Les Bleus brought a brutal end to the green party in Dublin
It’s never a good sign when the place is crawling with French supporters. They gather in knots along pavements around the stadium, yakking away, disrupting pedestrian traffic, lost in the enjoyment of a sunnyday in Dublin. Worse still is when you climb to the dizzy height of the press box in the Aviva Stadium and survey a scene where there is lots of blue. Then they start to sing. Not good.history came with the away leg in this fixture.
How his players kept showing up for work against Ireland, when the stats were screaming that the tank was near empty, is a cause for celebration in France. Is it credible they will fall so far from such a great height in the space of a week, when playing at home with a Six Nations championship on the line?
The reaction in Dublin mostly touched two bases: headlines heaping praise on France for having so many strings to their bow just now, and an increase in volume for talk that this Ireland side are over the hill. As the French players were lingering on the pitch to acknowledge their legion of fans there was a scene unfolding not far away, featuring Ireland’s most capped player, Cian Healy.
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