France Beat Ireland As Wait For Revenge Goes On

Ireland's players had talked a large crippled successful build-up, pinch Aoife Wafer saying they "owed" France 1 and Stacey Flood went arsenic acold to opportunity that nan hosts should beryllium "worried, if I was them".

It was Wafer who group nan reside for a breathless opening 40 minutes pinch a thundering transportation consecutive from footwear off, and Ireland kicked connected from there.

As Ireland sent nan shot wide successful nan 3rd minute, Pauline Barrat's stray manus knocked nan shot guardant and nan French helping was sent to nan bin.

Maloney-MacDonald thought she had crossed for nan opening people but referee Clara Munarini ruled nan shot had been held up, and Brittany Hogan had a effort ruled retired for a double movement.

It was a 3rd clip fortunate for Scott Bemand's broadside arsenic Maloney-MacDonald sewage nan effort her first-half capacity deserved erstwhile she rounded disconnected a rolling maul, and Dannah O'Brien added nan conversion.

But France are 1 of nan favourites for nan Six Nations for a logic and they deed backmost erstwhile Ambre Mwayembe scored her first world try, though location was immoderate contention arsenic Wafer felt she had held nan shot up but nan grounding was not looked astatine again by lucifer officials.

Arbez converted, and nan French fly-half produced a important tackle to extremity a near-certain people arsenic Fiona Tuite charged towards nan line, and Grando raced crossed from her helping to get her assemblage nether nan shot earlier nan Irish 2nd statement could crushed it.

Another chance to retake nan lead went abegging erstwhile France gave distant their eighth punishment of nan half and Maloney-MacDonald powered complete nan line, but that people was ruled retired for a knock-on by Emily Lane successful nan build-up.

The 2nd half started pinch nan aforesaid ferocity and 2 captious Wafer contributions stopped France successful nan Irish 22, while Aoife Dalton tackled Aubane Rousset into touch conscionable 5 metres out.

But Ireland recovered themselves down 10 minutes aft nan restart erstwhile Arbez jinked astir 2 greenish jerseys to score, and nan fly-half converted her ain try.

It was a objective people arsenic France had 14 points from six visits to nan Irish 22, compared to conscionable 7 points from double nan magnitude of visits for Ireland.

Ireland were punished further erstwhile O'Brien missed a long-distance punishment pinch 22 minutes left, and replacement Anna McGann conscionable did capable to extremity a French crossfield footwear reaching Grando successful nan in-goal area.

But Grando scored her 4th effort of nan tourney pinch 13 minutes near arsenic she vanished disconnected a flowing move retired wide, and Champon secured nan prize constituent pinch 2 minutes remaining.

Ireland's revenge complete France will person to hold different 12 months, but it was a trial passed for France arsenic they look to group up a title-decider pinch England connected nan last weekend.