France shipped one in their biggest 6 Nations performances to thrash holders Ireland 42-27 in Dublin.

But rather than encountering pure euphoria following a in close proximity to-best performance, the French camp vented their anger just after their talisman Antoine Dupont ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee.

The 28-yr-outdated scrum-50 percent was forced off in the primary 50 % following Eire lock Tadhg Beirne fell on to his leg in a ruck.

France head coach Fabien Galthie referred Ireland pair Beirne and Andrew Porter to your citing commissioner for possible retrospective punishment, which was afterwards dismissed.

"There was zero malice in it," previous Ireland wing Simon Zebo, a previous Munster workforce-mate of Beirne, explained to BBC's 6 Nations Rugby Exclusive.

"Tadhg is a clean up player and would not desire any undesirable intent on any individual. The only thing is, It isn't an excellent graphic.

"You will find a lots of electrical power coming into that ruck and it seems worse than it's. No-just one really wants to see him [Dupont] outside of the sport as he is the greatest participant on the planet."

Dupont, who was replaced by Maxime Lucu, furnished 7 assists and scored two tries in advance of his Event was cut limited.

Victory around Scotland at Stade de France will probably secure a primary title in 3 decades, with arguably the very best participant in the world now possibly being forced to elevate the trophy in a very tracksuit.