‘No fear’ of World Cup clash in Paris

COACHES Bernard Laporte and Eddie O’Sullivan tried to distance September’s World Cup clash between the teams in Paris from yesterday’s game at Croke Park.

Nevertheless, Laporte was a little more forthcoming as he stressed there was no way he wanted Ireland coming to the Stade de France bearing the mantle of Six Nations Grand Slam champions.

“We mastered the game for almost all of the first-half and then, suddenly, a whole lot of little details that can change everything went in their favour”, he said.