Ireland suffered a 15-13 defeat to France at the Aviva Stadium this afternoon as Andy Farrell's depleted troops fell just short of a comeback win.
Mirror Sport takes a closer look at individual performances here with our player ratings.
HUGO KEENAN 7
Tough on him to get turned over at the death as Ireland chased winning score. Otherwise continues to really impress.
KEITH EARLS 6
Eliminated the mistakes of last week in solid display. Threat under high ball caused Bernard Le Roux to pick up yellow card.
GARRY RINGROSE 8
Took over the captaincy for 10 minutes with Iain Henderson off. Another strong outing in midfield.
ROBBIE HENSHAW 7
Had his hands full with the French midfield but took it in his stride. Gave his all.
JAMES LOWE 6
So close to first try and excellent with his boot again, but again defence was suspect. Very weak for Damian Penaud try.
BILLY BURNS 6
Massive Sexton-size boots to fill but did so confidently in opening half after Cardiff disappointment. Shame he had to stay off after HIA.
JAMISON GIBSON-PARK 7
Mixed bag but did well on Antoine Dupont. Full of energy and invention but a couple of dangerous fumbles thrown in.
CIAN HEALY 5
Unlucky to concede late first half penalty and then to smash heads with Henderson, but was able to return until 70th minute.
ROB HERRING 6
Did the basics well, including solid throwing into the line-out and didn't lose one. Ronan Kelleher breathing down his neck now.
ANDREW PORTER 6
Toiled exhaustively for the cause until the 53rd minute, when he made way for Tadhg Furlong. He got through some mileage recently.
TADHG BEIRNE 7
Not quite as eye-catching as last week but made some big turnovers again and battled Paul Willemse hard in the line-out.
IAIN HENDERSON 8
Led by example in his first game captaining Ireland and was always going to come back on after Healy head clash.
RHYS RUDDOCK 7
Long overdue first Six Nations start and busted a gut for the 80-plus minutes. His physicality is a back row necessity at this level.
JOSH VAN DER FLIER 5
Deservedly kept his place this week and, again, was everywhere in pursuit of attacking blue shirts.
CJ STANDER 6
Made his quota of carries and put in a mass of tackles but the presence of Caelan Doris is missed in this position.
Replacements
ROSS BYRNE 7
TADHG FURLONG 7
RONAN KELLEHER 7
WILL CONNORS 7
JORDAN LARMOUR 6
ED BYRNE 7
ULTAN DILLANE 6
