Damian Penaud put the icing on the cake, equalling Serge Blanco's French record of 38 tries
France moved into pole position for the Six Nations title on Saturday, withstanding an early Antoine Dupont injury to thrash Ireland 42-27 with a blistering second half that dealt a likely fatal blow to the hosts’ hopes of a record third title in a row.
While they will likely have to finish the job without Dupont whom coach Fabian Galthie suspected suffered arisk, high reward call to pack the bench with seven forwards and just one back f“We had lots of confidence in the bench. We knew the contract was to play for 50 minutes and leave everything on the pitch and they will finish the job,” number eight Gregory Alldritt told a press conference.
But the next topsy-turvy turn was minutes away as Boudehent put France back in front in controversial fashionand Ireland wing Calvin Nash sin-binned for a foul in the build-up that meant flanker Jegou replacing centre Pierre-Louis Barassi.
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