Dara Smith-Naughton

That was the tale of the tape, unfortunately, last night.

We'll be hearing a bit more from Scott Beeman in a moment, but first, let's get the thoughts of Ireland captain Aaron King.

At just 22 years old Erin is in her first season as captain of the national team and in what was her first ever Six Nations game away in France.

She spoke about the impact of the crowd in Clermont and some of the positives that can be taken from last night's performance.

Erin, I suppose the scoreboard at the end, if you weren't to watch the game, you wouldn't think it was such a two-sided game.

It does really feel like a big missed opportunity, doesn't it, for Ireland?

You've come across quite positive, is that the mood in the dressing room that even though we didn't get the result on the night that there's something to build off here going forward?

Despite the many positives to take from last night's performance, it is yet another competitive loss to this French side and with the group's desire to break into that top two in the Six Nations, I asked head coach Scott Beaman whether he felt this result was a bit of a setback for this team.

Does it feel like a setback at all to you personally?

And finally, from the reaction in Clermont, I spoke with a distraught Aoife Dalton in the wake of last night's defeat to France.

Aoife spoke about those disallowed tries in the first half and what lessons can be taken from the game.

Aoife Dalton must be massively disappointed after that result.

You seem pretty distraught about those moments in particular.

How do you get over things like that?

Because I'm sure you could spend all day and all night thinking about them, but how do you move past that now?

And what was that crowd like out there?

I heard it was a sellout.

Famously, a pretty awful atmosphere to play in in terms of as an away side.

You must be getting sick of close games at France.

Where do you think the progress will be made now?