Five conversing points from round four of Six Nations

Five conversing points from round four of Six Nations

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France sent one particular in their biggest Six Nations performances to thrash holders Eire 42-27 in Dublin.

But as an alternative to going through pure euphoria following a in the vicinity of-fantastic overall performance, the French camp vented their anger following their talisman Antoine Dupont ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee.

The 28-calendar year-previous scrum-half was pressured off in the primary half immediately after Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne fell on to his leg at a ruck.

France head mentor Fabien Galthie referred Eire pair Beirne and Andrew Porter on the citing commissioner for feasible retrospective punishment, which was later on dismissed.

"There was zero malice in it," previous Ireland wing Simon Zebo, a former Munster staff-mate of Beirne, told BBC's Six Nations Rugby Distinctive.

"Tadhg is actually a clean up participant and wouldn't want any terrible intent on anybody. The only thing is, It's not necessarily an excellent picture.

"You will find a lot of electrical power coming into that ruck and it appears to be like even worse than it is actually. No-1 wishes to see him [Dupont] from the game as he is the best participant on the globe."

Dupont, who was changed by Maxime Lucu, delivered 7 helps and scored two tries prior to his tournament was Reduce quick.

Victory above Scotland at Stade de France will probably secure a primary title in 3 a long time, with arguably the top player in the world now likely needing to raise the trophy in a tracksuit.