Ireland took on the French last night in the opening game of the Six Nations 2026 and prior to the game the French were playing the incident last year where their star player Dupont injured his leg.

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French tv coverage showing Tadhg Beirne's clearout that led to Antoine Dupont's cruciate tear over and over again in their pre-match coverage

— Rúaidhrí O'Connor (@RuaidhriOC) February 5, 2026

Here are some of the comments online ..

It’s better than the Virgin tv coverage. It must be so hard for an Irish team to play in the rain 🌧️, sure Ireland never gets rain. At least we have a great game plankick kick kick. World cup here we come 😄

Oh dear. French have long memories. If there’s any skulduggery the pictures will be unavailable. 🤬

Don’t care, we know it’s wasn’t intentional ! You know the TV show 😉

One mean a bit like the Irish soccer coverage keeps showing the “handball” by Henry ….. it’s what tv channels do.

How many players have been given bans with similiar to identical clean outs? I bet you wouldn’t reply.

Ah yes…the French can show illegal acts when it suits them.