After shock and shell France find they are the sole Slam survivors

By NICK CAIN

France ................30pts
Tries: Dupont 2, Baille 54
Conversions: Jaminet 3
Penalties: Jaminet 7, 17, 36, 41, 44, 79

Ireland ..............24pts
Tries: Hansen 7, Van der Flier 45, Gibson-Park 49
Conversions: Carbery 9, 46, 50
Penalties: Carbery 73
THIS was a blood-andguts battle but, although both teams were standing at the end, after only two rounds of this great old tournament there is only one team left that can win a Grand Slam, and that is France.
It was billed as the defining game of this Six Nations, with France runners-up in the last two Championships, ...

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