France go on their first attack of teh night and the Irish defence creaks. Some serious powerful runners for the hosts and Aoife Dalton is pinged for being offside.

The ball goes to the corner and here they come.

Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI

Ireland's players were talking a big game coming into this one and they've started on fire in Clermont.

They've blown France away in the opening 10 minutes. They've had two efforts over the line ruled out, and Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald has finally got a deserved score.

It's some start, now can they keep it up?

Anna Caplice
Former Ireland international on BBC iPlayer

On a night like tonight, who cares who puts it down? Just get it down. Just get those five points. They deserve that try after that pressure.

Brittany Hogan has been penalised for a double movement so the try is chalked off. However, Ireland have a penalty for offside inside the France 22 so will go again.

Oh hold on... has there been a double movement?

Ireland get over the line but they are held up and France can clear their lines. Can they continue to hold out the green wave?

Ireland win a penalty at the ruck and Dannah O'Brien finds touch near the 22.

Anna Caplice
Former Ireland international on BBC iPlayer

What an opening few minutes. Everyone is up for it and it is tense.

What a moment at the start of this one. Pauline Barrat has been sin binned for a deliberate knock on as the last defender.

However, Dannah O'Brien puts too much on the penalty and kicks it dead. A wasted opportunity initially but teh visitors have a player advantage for the next ten minutes.

France have been penalised for a deliberate knock on and Carla Munarini is looking at the replay to determine if it is yellow card.

Aoife Wafer takes the kick-off and trucks it straight up the middle before Dannah O'Brien makes a good territorial kick allowing Robyn O'Connor to chase and put Carla Arbez into touch.

The anthems have been belted out with the usual enthusiasm including an acapella version of Le Marseillais. Absolutely spine-tingling.

Here we go with the hosts getting us going on Clara Munarini's whistle.

Edel McMahon
Ireland flanker on BBC iPlayer

The performance against Italy was a massive boost in terms of the attacking style that Ireland would want to deploy against France tonight. This is a very steady squad. They've been building belief off the back of the World Cup into the Six Nations. They'll be quietly confident for tonight.

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Lindsay Peat and Edel McMahon join Nicola McCarthy in studio.

Anna Caplice is on commentary duty alongside Nick Heath.

Lindsay Peat
Former Ireland forward on BBC iPlayer

The French are a formidable force, especially at home. They bring power, physicality and flair, and they bring an unpredictability. They have experience, but they have fresh faces, which we hope to exploit tonight.

The teams are out into an electric atmosphere at the Stade Marcel Michelin!

Here come the anthems.

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Ireland believe they can deliver a historic Women's Six Nations win over France in Clermont after Saturday's impressive demolition of Italy in Galway, says Aoife Wafer.

Wafer scored one of Ireland's nine tries as Scott Bemand's side bounced back from an opening-weekend loss to England with a 57-20 victory over the Italians at Dexcom Stadium.

Ireland have never won a Women's Six Nations game in France, but Wafer believes the current group are capable of creating history.

"I think this group has always had belief and it'll be no different in France," the 23-year-old Harlequins flanker told the Ireland Rugby Social podcast.

"I think we owe them one. The key factors will be that physicality fight again. That first half against England, we lost that battle, got a bit of a telling off at half-time and came out and were a lot more physical than England.

"Doing that for the full 80 minutes will be crucial. The maul tries and forward tries will be really big as well because France have a big pack as well."

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Defence coach James Scaysbrook hopes Ireland's experience of playing in front of a record Women's Six Nations crowd this year will help their bid for a historic win in France this weekend.

Les Bleues have won all 11 Women's Six Nations meetings on French soil and have not lost to Ireland since a 21-5 reverse in Dublin in 2017.

But Scaysbrook feels turning out in front of a 77,120-strong crowd in the 33-12 loss to England at Allianz Stadium earlier this month was a good high-pressure test for the renewal of Ireland's rivalry with France at Clermont's Stade Marcel-Michelin.

"I think they've had a reasonable practice in front of 77,000 at Twickenham," said Scaysbrook.

"We're really looking forward to thriving in that environment. We're looking at it as a challenge and something to be really excited by and not worried about."