Rugby Daily | Ireland's missed opportunity in France | Scott Bemand, Erin King & Aoife Dalton
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Hello there, I'm Dara Smith-Nocton and you're very welcome to a special edition of Rugby Daily here from Clermont-Ferrand. We're now in the aftermath of a disappointing night in the Women's Six Nations for Ireland. The French ran out eventual 26-7 winners in the Stade Marcel Michelin following a dominant second half performance. Ireland will very much rue their misfortune in the first half as the TMO disallowed three Irish tries in the opening 30 minutes. In this episode we'll be hearing from Ireland head coach Scott Beeman, captain Aaron King and outside centre Aoife Dalton as they all spoke in the immediate aftermath of the game. Rugby on off the ball is with thanks to Bank of Ireland. Hashtag never stop competing.
First up, let's hear from head coach Scott Beeman. He summed up his own thoughts around Ireland's performance and expressed his pride in his side showing in a packed out French cauldron. I was informed that every available ticket was sold for last night's fixture, with the official attendance totalled at around 17,000.
We went after a fast start and we created the opportunities and we just said to the group, The closer you get, the bigger impacts the fine margins have. When you get those chances and you get those chances to build scoreboard pressure, you've got to take them. At half-time, I was incredibly proud of how the girls started and kept going. We know that France, in the first two games, came back stronger. We tried to sort of live with the physicality that we lived in the first half and tried to live with into the second. And I think what we've produced there is a proper test match. And we want people back in Ireland to see what the girls are doing. and continue to get on board with it. So it's a bit frustrating.
This is an incredibly hard place to come. So congratulations to France. I think that's the best I've seen them play in this competition. And we've created opportunities for ourselves. So what we'll do, we'll learn our lessons. We'll go back to Ireland. We've got two incredible home games coming. and we'll attack it as we've attacked the first three games and we know we've got better every session and we'll keep trying to get better every game. If we do that, get more people coming on board, coming down to support, hopefully we can keep this green wave going forward. In the last few minutes, after the whistle's gone and you look round and you see people that know they've left everything physically out there and a group that's
What were the key moments in Ireland's match against France?
uncertain about how to feel about it. So I said, well, we've got an opportunity here. So, albeit the game's gone away from us on the scoreboard, we've got an opportunity to reflect on what we've done and leave here more connected than we arrived. So I genuinely think we keep getting better. Like I said, it took England eight years to come to France and win. So we actually knew the enormity of the task that we were facing. And as an occasion, you don't get anything more hostile than this. And it was an incredible atmosphere to play in. And you saw a group that, in the main, handled it. And every time we get exposed to these... level of rugby, level of competition against one of the World Cup contenders, then we've got the opportunity to learn more than anybody else.
So if we can leave you more connected, take our lessons from the pitch, take our lessons from the fine margins, and we'll just keep getting better and keep going after that.
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