The winger said Ireland’s conditioning would be key against France.
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With an incredible ball-in-play time of 46 minutes and 10 seconds on Saturday, we got a chance to find out if Lowe was right. For context, the average ball-in-play time in the 2021 Six Nations was just over 38 minutes. Whenever a game tips beyond 40 minutes, players notice it in their legs and lungs. So 46 minutes is in the kind of territory where fellas are nearly out on their feet.To be fair, France were a big part of this high ball-in-play time.
All of this meant that the final half-hour of the game was going to make for fascinating viewing as we looked to assess who had that bit more puff left. It became all the more intriguing when Ireland lost their talisman Johnny Sexton, who is so adept at managing games. France’s attack now swings back to Ireland’s right and we see remarkable work-rate from Ringrose, highlighted in yellow in the shot below.
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