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Ireland paid the price for wasting a host of chances in the first half, with France's replacement props Rabah Slimani and Eddy Ben Arous turning the screw when it mattered most.
Nick Purewal - Irish Independent
Costly individual errors and poor execution let Tom Tierney's side down as Laura Delas' 70th-minute penalty sealed Ireland's fate.
Dave Mervyn - RTÉ Rugby
"We just gave them the game in the end after being in such a good position" - Greig Laidlaw
STV Sport
...in the end the Eagles showed a lot of fight and rugby-knowledge to play to their strengths in the second half and emerge from the win.
Curtis Reed - The Is American Rugby
Jared Payne had to play the remaining half hour of the match after copping a dead leg and having no-one, bar Eoin Reddan, to replace him.
Patrick McCarry - Sports JOE.ie
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