France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 40 mins
Penalty Ireland!
Ian Madigan gladly grabs the ball and hoofs it into the stands to send the teams back to the sheds.
Summary
Pool D result: France 9-24 Ireland
Ireland top Pool D, now face Argentina. France play NZ
Ireland lose Sexton, O'Connell & O'Mahony to injury
R Kearney & Murray tries, Sexton 2 pens, Madigan 2 pens, 1 con
Spedding 2 pens for France, Parra 1
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 40 mins
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 39 mins
France into the Ireland 22m with a thrust from Noa Nakaitaci.
We are on the last play of the half.
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 39 mins
Image source, Getty ImagesIreland are struggling to break down the France defence. Sixteen phases and they have made little impression on the blue wall.
In the end Robbie Henshaw tries to pick the lock with his boot. A little grubber, but that is gobbled up by the covering Brice Dulin.
'Sexton in tears'published at 17:29 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Chris Jones
BBC Radio 5 live commentator at the Millennium StadiumQuote MessageWe're told Johnny Sexton was wiping tears away from his face. Is his World Cup over?"
Sexton out?published at 17:29 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Denis Hickie
Former Ireland winger on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageIt looks Johnny Sexton will not be taking any more part in this game. The worry for Ireland now is whether he will be fit for the next game?
ITV reports that it is a groin injury rather than a rib problem that has forced Sexton off.
Get involvedpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
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France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 37 mins
A beautiful tickle of a kick from Ian Madigan, eludes Scott Spedding and takes play deep into the France 22m.
France clear up to halfway, but Ireland win the resulting line-out and are sniffing around the French danger-zone once again.
'One of the greats'published at 17:27 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Denis Hickie
Former Ireland winger on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageWhat a fantastic last 10 minutes we have had. This is one of the great World Cup games between these two countries."
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 34 mins
A tremendous piece of work from Jamie Heaslip and Rory Best who engulf Thierry Dusautoir like a giant duvet as he picks and goes round the fringes.
Dusautoir attempts to hang on on the floor. He has done so half a second too long.
Pressure relieving penalty in their 22m for Ireland.
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 32 mins
The replays of that chance that Tommy Bowe and Keith Earls butchered, reveal that it is all Earls' fault.
The centre might have had half an eye on the covering Brice Dulin. He certainly did not have two eyes fully on Bowe's pass that was right into his palms before he juggled forwards.
A tense affairpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
David Humphreys
Former Ireland fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster
Image source, AP“It is just as we expected. An incredibly tense and tight affair. There are a lot of nerves around. Neither team has really taken hold of the game.”
'Lost opportunity'published at 17:24 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Denis Hickie
Former Ireland winger on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageThat ball spilt by Earls is an opportunity lost. You probably get one or two chances like that a game. Ireland need to recover quickly."
Postpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
It seems the further the ball is away from the goal, the better Scott Spedding's kicks are.
He has kicked this monster from behind the half-way line (green line), which the tournament organisers say is the longest at this World Cup.
It was his second successful kick of the match after one from just inside his own half. And that is the first time the full-back has successfully kicked two penalties in a Test match.
The red lines indicate missed penalties by Spedding and Michalak, how costly they will be? we will find out later.
Image source, OptaMadigan the manpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
David Humphreys
Former Ireland fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster"That penalty was a big test for Ian Madigan so soon after coming on for Johnny Sexton but he passed it with flying colours."
France 6-9 Irelandpublished at 31 mins
Tommy Bowe with a searing break! Clean through the heart of the France midfield. Over halfway, up to the 22m line, Keith Earls free outside him....
No!
The ball goes to ground and the chance is squandered.
You can't afford many of those.
'Frantic'published at 17:21 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Rob Jones
Former Wales scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageIt's frantic frantic. Both France and Ireland have created huge space out wide. We haven't seen any yet but this is a game where we are going to see some tries."
'Huge kick'published at 17:20 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-9 Ireland
Denis Hickie
Former Ireland winger on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageThat's a huge kick by Madigan considering he has just come off the bench. So much revolves around Sexton but that will give Madigan great confidence. I would imagine we will see Sexton in a few minutes."
Penaltypublished at 28 mins
France 6-9 Ireland (Madigan)
Image source, ReutersNew man on kicking duty but the same silver service off the tee.
Madigan strokes it through the middle.
France 6-6 Irelandpublished at 27 mins
France give a penalty away as Yoann Maestri goes into a tackle on Tommy Bowe about 15 minutes early.
Serge Blanco in the France coaches box reacts like he has been handed an over-cooked steak as Nigel Owens awards the penalty Ireland's way.
Ian Madigan is going step up and try and fill Johnny Sexton's kicking boots.
Worryingpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 11 October 2015
France 6-6 Ireland
Denis Hickie
Former Ireland winger on BBC Radio 5 liveQuote MessageThe big questions for Ireland are does Sexton go down the tunnel and come back again in 10 minutes? Or do we not see him again?