Pleased to meet you cousin😊

😮9​@@Michael-gm6ly

Notorious celtic nation of Portugal.

@@Garrett1240 Genetically its where the Irish came from, Garrett.

As an Irish person living in Portugal- thank you sir. Obrigado amigo! 🇮🇪🇵🇹

You are being very graceful in defeat. That is the true mark of a great sportsman!! Top marks!! France will bounce back. I have no doubt. They will be sore now and will use that to be better !! Allez les Bleus!!

yes congrat to our irish brothers ! you have a very good team well deserved victory ! too much change on our side ! the only defeat that don't pass and we are not gracefull is the quater final against SA we were robed ! good continuation for the futur you will probably win the grand slam ! @@quentinquentin6752

@@quentinquentin6752 Hope so.

A bit needy.

The French simply respect rugby and the Irish display great rugby. They would have shown same respect to anyone else unless the team or their fans have a strong reputation for not being fair play. The Irish team doesn't. Not respecting a team like Ireland, that simply shows poor character.

French allways nice not like kick box etc

@@shane-irish Who do you refer to as "kick box"? Please do tell!?

I respect Irish & French rugby.

Aki is on another level in the green jersey, unreal again last night!☘️

He is Great, and he’s not playing for NZ. Go figure. @@stevenbissett

@@stevenbissettare you actually serious, NZ would love to have AKI in there team as would any other team in world rugby !

@@stevenbissett so you're saying he's not been playing great or was that a daft statement alluding to where the man was born? Either way makes you sound like a balloon!🎈🎈

Your loss, our gain, thank you so much 👍☘🇮🇪@@stevenbissett

You was in phuket in january ??

Wrong flag for Ireland mate

​Good call? but he is an aussie so its upside down maybe?​@@n4s98

​@@n4s98yeah lol Ireland isnt in the commonwealth

@@russelsprout2155 I never said that, I said the flag was wrong, polish your glasses and look at the flag again

Surely ever?

2024 will be excellent because their schedule will be a challenge and will provide a clear gage for them and their opponents. Good luck to Ireland. From a Kiwi.

Agree with all what you said but the fact that some key players were missing is part of the problem. Not because they are key players but because the team is used to playing with those players. The French team we saw last night was a makeshift team and they couldn't be in synch. You can have all the best players you want if they aren't in total cohesion they cannot win at such level. Against a top Irish team it shows even more. They will have to learn to play together. Meaning that Galthié will have to find another option that his 2019 backbone. This is heading this way but they need time to find that cohesion. I guess the tournament is lost for France but at least it will serve to create a new cohesion for the team and when the key players will be back they will have to learn to play all together with the various combinations. So far France relied too much on the same players to bring that cohesion.

Of course you’ll bounce back!! I feared for ireland in this game - First round, toughest match - no Johnny sexton- against an opposition who are awesome on their day.. And in their own back yard!!! I felt if we could just stay with France.. make the game tight.. settle for a loosing bonus point would be a good result. Chasing a game with 14 for so long is too much at this level and your team got over the line before the break when they really had to. That shows true character.. It sent a tone and the game very much alive. Ireland played very well today and fortunately for us, France were not quite themselves? You will come good! Allez Les Bleus!!

@@puccaland True, being deprived of our usually stellar pair of Half-Backs and some of our best locks, blind-side flankers and wingers really did show, and for some reasons we never played with the full 2022 grand slam line-up again, but last year, Ireland undressed France all the same, despite most of our best players being on the field... Still, there might be some hope left for the future, considering the up-and-coming U20 World Cup winners who will bring much needed fresh blood. In 2020, Galthié let many young, talented and green players in, maybe it's Time to part with some disappointing veterans... We'll see

@@michaelmcnamara4838 Thanks for these kind words. We lacked humility and team cohesion while Ireland had those in spades! I almost believed in a comeback when Ireland was only +7 on the lead, but hey, we did not deserve it last night. French supporters and players are still haunted by the string of underwhelming and infuriating performances between 2012 and 2019. Being knocked out of the 2023 World Cup and thoroughly defeated Yesterday really brought back some nasty memories. Seems like les Bleus didn't get over the 2023 Quarterfinals yet, another lesson we should take from Ireland. Next up is Scotland, they've been the bane of French Rugby in 2020 and 2021, defeated us once during WC preparation, and are probably the second strongest team nowadays. Les Bleus need to pull their fingers out and do some soul-searching ASAP. I hope Ireland will keep on playing this good, and we really learn from this defeat.

@@Prof_de_Jeux Yes but last year it was the all time best Irish team. A mature team when the French team was still in the middle of its gaining maturity process to be ready at the WC. There was no reason why France wouldn't lose against them. They couldn't remain undefeated forever and Ireland was number one or soon to be, don't remember. But this time, although that Irish team is strong, it is also a new team being built in Ireland with key players gone for good. They were totally in synch as if they had played in this configuration for years. If the French team had aligned more players used to playing together at this level the scenario wouldn't have been the same. The score is the same as last year but let's not forget that the French played at 14 most of the game. Any other team would have been crushed by the Irish side. At this level every single detail counts. The French were clearly out of their depth like they couldn't communicate properly. The Irish managed to be back on business right away the French didn't. Dupont, Ntamack etc aren't missed because they are great players, but because of their reading of the game and the cohesion they bring to the team.

​@@stevenbissett🤡🤡🤡

@@stevenbissett Bahaha you sound like you're trying to convince yourself of that

Shame you don’t give up, yawn 🥱 @@stevenbissett

​@@stevenbissettFat lot NZ know about the Lord,.when you need to summon up demons to win a game for you. No wonder you get so many earthquakes. Go find your happy pills.

Half the stadium came from Ireland and the rest, the usual French rugby fans came from all over lol. So any stadium will do.

In the QF when Sexton was out on his feet for the last 15 minutes, why didn't they trust Crawley.

Lost by a score no diaster thats life

Or Kelleher👍

Or the All Blacks 😂

​@@carldavis9059 or the French..😂😂😂😂😂😂

Or Willy wonka 😜

No-one does.

Really??? What game were you watching?

@@jonathandonohoe7332 stook

Go dem Zoomers! 😂

The green machine will be waiting for them in SA 🏉🏉🏉🏉

Brilliant my ass. The Froggies played with 14 for near 60 minutes. Game should have been a cracker, instead it was a foregone conclusion at 31 minutes with plenty ground and pound boredom to seal the deal.

@@RuggaDebuggersteroid junkie*

@@stevenbissett Are you someone special then?

@@stevenbissett Have you ever denounced the 2011 World Cup Final or are you proud of the way France were robbed by the ref for your team's benefit?

No man, don't get and gubb them now, please fella.

Don't jinx it.

One game at a time

@@stevenbissett Ireland living rent free in your mashed mind. Go play with your dolls

​@@stevenbissettFYI this is the 6 nations, not the RWC. Easy to see what is in your head, not much.

He's undroppable. Unless they play him at 6 James Ryan is going to have to get used to being a bench player from now on

@@Poppillon I just think Beirne goes too well at 5 to move to 6. I think that when active mobile locks get moved to 6 they get a bit exposed. He’s actually one of the form 5’s in the world so might as well stay there. Lineouts, breakdown, carries, tackles, passes, he has it all.

Ringrose porter sheehan dorris lowe kennan furlong joe etc etc we are a team

​@@stevenbissettWe just need a break the draw was in nightmare for a world number one team.

​@@stevenbissett they irish beat ye up in yer home ground .embarrassing yer kiwi heart,s😂😂😂😂😂 ye choked in yer own backyard mate.😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@michaelmoynihan9591 love the Irish but ya choked when you were suppose to send us home 😂

​@@stevenbissettDon't be so hard on NZ for losing a home series.

One game at a time

French tears? En France,nous sommes champions du monde dans beaucoup de sports alors qu en Irlande,il n y a que le rugby et jamais une demie finale de coupe du monde.C est vous qui pleurez.

They couldn't beat new zealand,you win some, you lose some.Springnoks win games that matters

​@@phil23915 Thanks to outrageous refereeing yes they do.

Win the games that matter..Ireland Choke

@@georgeioannou2526 A bloody romanian giving advice on rugby. PO

What the hell are you talking about? The game was pretty clean. None of them were on purpose. The big fouls came from one player only. Willemse was out for a long time, hadn't played with the team for a long time and made mistakes. He didn't do it on purpose. Stop making up stories to fuel some nationalistic propaganda. The French weren't frustrated but disorganised.

@@puccaland Look closely, he led with his shoulder on both occasions. He knew exactly what he was doing and that's pretty dirty. He could have snapped a neck with those tackles. If I were an official I'd ban him from playing rugby for life, the big dope!

@@stephenflood3463 Alright, you're right but the dozens of officials who reviewed the issues are wrong. Perhaps you should apply for the job?

@@puccaland He should be banned for the rest of the six nations tournament, end of.

Im Irish and I supported SA in the final. Ye are an amazing team.

Scotland defeated France several times under Galtier's era, when we were supposedly superior...

@@ogamiitto8627 did I say otherwise ? No

@@ytevysbhtb No need to compare England and Scotland to conclude that Scotland can beat us, that's my point. They did beat us anyway lastly, they're our pet peeve.

@@ogamiitto8627 I did that because I consider Scotland as a good team now. Not as good as Ireland, but still good enough to be considered with caution before playing them. But even England who's an average team who improved since last time we beat them at Twickenham, can now defeat us, that's my point. I don't mean to disrespect any team

SA plays to their strengths which is their physicality... physicality is part of the game of rugby. If you were a long time rugby supporter you would no that... hope you never get to watch the boks play again seeing that your hapiness depends on it

I didn’t say I wouldn’t watch their rugby, I said I would rather watch this type, over their TYPE of rugby. Seems like you’re the one offended by others no enjoying their type… watch it, your happiness depends on it, it seems 😉

what has SA got to do with this game? @@rosak8480

I saw him on the ground covering his balls but I didn't know someone kicked him deliberately. that should be reviewed.

​@@stevenbissett🤡🤡🤡

​@@stevenbissettYe choked the final that ye thought was in the bag and have been crying since about the officials. 4 more years . Tana Umaga was right ( Bandwagon supporters when winning and the worst critics when losing )

Why, are New Zealand World Champions or something ? I don't think this New Zealand team can do it when it matters either. LOL