‘The scoreline doesn’t lie,’ admits beleaguered captain O’Driscoll

BELEAGUERED Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll rued his side’s inability to live up to their pre-match hype after they were beaten by France at Stade de France.

“We came across a very organised French defence. We knew we would need a class performance from one to 15 and that didn’t quite happen.

“There wasn’t enough of the performance we’d been talking about. When we had the ball we didn’t do enough with it. The scoreline doesn’t lie.