■By TOM REYNOLDS

France..................38pts
Tries: Bourdon Sansus 3, Menager 31, Fall 46, Sochat 61, Riffonneau 74
Conversions: Queyroi 3, 33, 48, 62; Bourgeois 76
Penalties: Queyroi 37

Ireland................. 17pts
Tries: Wafer 70, Aoife Dalton 76
Conversions: O’Brien 71, 77
Penalties: Fowley 13
FRANCE opened with a five-try victory in Le Mans but Ireland showed fight to score two late tries in their first Six Nations campaign under coach Scott Bemand.
Ireland have been beaten by Les Bleues seven times in succession, but significantly reduced the deficit ...