Ireland ‘meek’, discussing a tough night for Prendergast and what now for this team?

Where does a heavy loss leave Ireland?

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Ireland's Caelan Doris and Dan Sheehan dejected after the match in Paris. Photograph: Billy Stickland/©INPHO
Ireland's Caelan Doris and Dan Sheehan dejected after the match in Paris. Photograph: Billy Stickland/©INPHO

A difficult night for Ireland saw them lose heavily to France in Paris.

Nathan Johns and Gerry Thornley were at the Stade de France to pick through where it all went wrong.

Was Ireland’s game plan exposed? What to make of selection or the decision to continually kick away possession?

What positives, if any, can be gleamed from a second half fightback?

Produced by John Casey.

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