France vs Ireland LIVE: Six Nations rugby result and final score as Melvyn Jaminet seals thrilling victory

40 minutes of a huge clash remain. Dan Sheehan is still out there, by the way - Ronan Kelleher’s evening was ended prematurely by injury.

France have really attacked the inside channels so far, bringing forward runners in from wider to try and challenge Joey Carbery and Bundee Aki particularly. A combined 17 tackles for the pair in that first half, but they have mostly stood up well to the heavy charges. Can they do more in an attacking sense? A little bit more lineout surety would be welcomed by both sides - we haven’t seen too much of Ireland’s impressive structures that have been the framework for this winning run.

Well that first half certainly lived up to this fixture’s lofty billing. It started at a frantic, frightening pace, with France’s fast start answered by Mack Hansen’s opportunistic retort from the restart. The tempo has settled a little since then, but this has still been a game played at startling speed.

And France have started to just assert themselves. Their scrum looks strong, Antoine Dupont has been electric and all of their ball-carriers are hitting their line with both precision and intensity. Ireland’s defence has largely stood up to the test, but fatigue will surely play a role after such a frenzied opening.

Five from five from the tee for Melvyn Jaminet. That’ll do us for the first half.

Cyril Baille and Uini Atonio each turn the screw on their Irish opposite at the scrum. Andrew Porter turns in under the strain - Atonio and Paul Willemse really is a ridiculous combination of burly blokes to pile the pressure on the loosehead.

Antoine Dupont twice threatens to turn a fissure into something more serious for Ireland, possessing such power in that compact frame, but a timely intervention from Bundee Aki means France will settle for three more points.

Antoine Dupont’s first attempt to box kick a clearance is blocked by Tadhg Beirne, but his second is cleared for takeoff and lands in the hands of Hugo Keenan. Keenan kicks powerfully back towards Dupont, clearing the scrum-half, but he’s over-cooked that - it tumbles beyond the dead ball line and France will have the scrum feed in the Ireland half.

Melvyn Jaminet extends the home side’s lead.

Brilliant from France. Antoine Dupont throws an obscene pass from the base of a ruck to cut out three Ireland defenders and find Damian Penaud, a gorgeously lithe runner who strides beyond Jamison Gibson-Park. The winger’s blind offload out the side door if beautiful, and Yoram Moefana stays infield with a driven angle back against the grain.

A retreating Ireland are penalised.