France v Ireland live: Score and latest updates as title hopefuls collide in huge Six Nations opener

Can Ireland get anything on the board before half-time. At the moment, it’s France coming forward and into the Irish half once again.

Good turnover by Caelan Doris though, disrupting the breakdown.

France spread the ball left, then casually come back inside and Jelonch runs through contact.

A spark from Jalibert as he dinks over the top of his man and gets hands on the ball. It bounces backwards and Les Bleus can go left, Guillard plays heads-up rugby, draws a man, flips back inside to Charles Ollivon and he powers through would-be tacklers to dive over the line. Sublime!

Ramos adds the extras and Ireland are shell-shocked, just being torn to shreds by a superior opponent.

A rare moment where Dupont and Bielle-Biarrey don’t quite connect! Dupont marshals a rolling maul on halfway then darts left, tries to offload to his explosive winger but Gibson-Park has read it and the ball spills into touch.

The Irish scrum-half’s reading of the game has saved them on a couple of occasions already.

A bit better by Prendergast, who has struggled at fly half for Ireland so far today. He’s alert to a loose ball, twice kicks ahead but can’t quite get the dot down, as France scramble back.

Pretty average defence from Ireland for both of France’s tries but the first one in particular was sheer brilliance by Louis Bielle-Biarrey. Here’s both of them:

France are in complete control here and duly win a penalty as McCarthy is pinged. They point to the posts, Thomas Ramos fancies moving this lead beyond two scores.

Not an issue at all for the full-back, who slots it.

Ireland look to have a great chance straight from kick-off but Van der Flier’s burst is called back for a knock-on.

Jalibert then steps and dances around halfway to give Les Bleus front-foot ball. From there, Dupont directs traffic on he right and France up to the 22.

Sam Prendergast has the look of a deer in the headlights at the moment. Ireland just have not been able to impart any kind of calm or structure on to this game – even the fly half’s sublime bit of skill to save a 50:22 inadvertently created that magnificent Louis Bielle-Biarrey score. This felt like a night where the young 10 could seize that shirt, but he’s not managing it yet.

Too easy! First-phase ball from the scrum, Matthieu Jalibert on the crash ball on the left from Dupont’s pass, bursts through a couple of half-hearted arms tackles and he’s over the line.

A big moment for the French No 10, who struggles to hold down a place in the side when Ntamack is fit. Ramos’s conversion surprisingly drifts wide but France in complete control.

Moefana bursts into the 22 before Jegou barrels for a few more yards post-contact. Dupont marshalling things, quick ball goes to the backs, slower ball stays tight.

Ramos has space on the left, his offload is caught by a retreating Prendergast, who then panics slightly and runs the ball behind his own line, passes to O’Brien in the in-goal area and he’s swamped. Five-metre scrum to France…