This victory, Bernard Laporte could not live it in the stadium of the Aviva Stadium.

Covid epidemic obliges, the president of the French Rugby Federation had in fact not been authorized to go to the Irish capital to accompany the Blues who traveled with a small delegation.

But the boss of French rugby still savored this victory of the XV of France in Dublin, the first since the start of his mandate at the head of the FFR in 2016.

The last triumph of the Blues on Irish soil in the Six Nations Tournament dates back to February 2011, with a gap of only 3 points (22-25).

Ten years later, the XV of France returned to victory by winning even more difficult, Sunday February 14, with a score of 15 to 13.

This success was slow to take shape, the Irish monopolizing the ball for the first 25 minutes of the game.

But their domination only ended with 3 points scored on penalty by their neophyte opener Billy Burns, responsible for replacing the Irish metronome Johnny Sexton forced to withdraw due to a concussion.

The Blues held on and managed to score a first try in the 28th minute thanks to their captain Charles Ollivon, on one of their rare foray into the Irish camp.

However, they were playing at the time outnumbered due to the temporary expulsion of second-row Bernard Le Roux.

Ahead of the score (3-7) for the first time in the game, the Blues finally got their hands on this match.

They resumed the second half with a 7-point advantage (3-10) and a furious desire to accentuate their domination.

Like the French third-row center Grégory Alldritt, who manages to gain precious meters on each of his charges.

Their efforts paid off in the 55th minute with a new try, signed by winger Damian Penaud, new holder with the Blues after a long period of injury.

The test scored two minutes later by Irish hooker Ronan Kelleher after a touch reminded the French that the victory was far from achieved, the Blues having only 5 points ahead in the 60th minute (10-15) .

And they had to fight to the end to dominate rough Irish who managed to register an additional penalty and come back to 2 points (13-15).

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