Difficult afternoon for Ireland.
Sinead Farrell Reports From Musgrave Park Ireland 3 France 53 A MORE PROMISING effort in front of a home crowd, but Ireland were utterly outfought by a more superior France outfit in a 50-point defeat.
The home side made an encouraging start when Aoife Dalton threw herself into a French ruck to cause a disruption and force a penalty call in her side’s favour. Making her first Six Nations start, Dannah O’Brien complimented the effort with a fine kick to find touch and bring Ireland further into opposition territory.
Ireland found their pulse in the 17th minute. Dalton proved useful again with a ferocious line pick. The ball came to scrum-half Molly Scuffil-McCabe after impressive support play from Deirbhile Nic a Bháird. Ireland stayed in that danger zone and worked through the phases but they were undone by some indecision when trying to recycle the ball on the ground.
Bourdon sprinted in at the corner for her second try in the 32nd minute, charging down on an attempted O’Brien clearance and running on with possession in hand and unopposed. Bourgeois failed to convert but now the visitors were 19 points clear with the bonus point already banked. Ireland got motoring and used the full width of the pitch to spread the play over and back. But they couldn’t find any cracks to break through. Flanker Grace Moore showed well for Ireland during that patch.
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