Johnny Sexton shrugs off France's latest bully-boy tactics to pilot Ireland to victory

Conor Murray grabbed the only try of the game and put in his best performance of the tournament so far.

By Simon Lewis

Key moment: Having turned their back on three easy points just before half-time with the home side leading just 7-6, Ireland made amends shortly after the interval, Johnny Sexton put daylight between the two teams with a penalty and long-range drop goal that pushed Ireland towards victory and capped an encouraging return from injury for the fly-half.