Chabal: Irish indiscipline let France off the hook

SEBASTIEN CHABAL believes Irish indiscipline was key to their defeat at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.

The Racing Metro back and second row admitted the French made a lot of mistakes in Dublin, but were let off the hook by Ireland’s concession of needless penalties: “Ireland know each other well, they play good rugby and move the ball all around the pitch. But their discipline was quite bad in the ruck area. That is why they lost. They put us back in the game by giving us a lot of penalties in the tackle area and they must improve on this.”

Chabal warmed to his coach, Marc Lievremont’s theme by highlighting the frailty of the champions, who have also accounted for Scotland.