Six Nations comment: Fast start leads a French filleting for Ireland, just like days of old

The home side got off to a flier at the Stade de France. 

Théo Attissogbe of France beats the tackle from Jack Crowley of Ireland on his way to scoring his side's fifth try. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Rules that should never be broken in Paris? Always order the onion soup, avoid the Louvre like the plague after 10 in the morning, and never, ever give the French a head start out in the plains of Saint-Denis.

Give them a 29-0 lead and, well… Ireland had faced France eleven times in the Six Nations here at the Stade de France since Brian O’Driscoll wrote a hat-trick and his name into legend. The team to score first won eight of them and one ended in stalemate when Ireland got the scoreboard going first.