Andy Farrell: 'Heroic' Ireland have more to offer

Ireland coach Andy Farrell hailed his side's 32-19 bonus-point win over France in the Guinness Six Nations as "heroic", but believes the winning margin should have been even more emphatic.

Farrell has now beaten each of rugby's major nations as Ireland head coach, with Fabien Galthie's France seeing their 14-match winning streak since the summer of 2021 ended at the Aviva Stadium.

The World Cup hosts are ranked second in the international rankings behind Ireland, with the visitors clearly second best on the day.

propelled themselves into pole position for Guinness Six Nations glory with a gripping 32-19 bonus-point victory over reigning Grand Slam champions France in Dublin.

Tries from Hugo Keenan, James Lowe, Andrew Porter and Garry Ringrose helped Ireland register a record 13th successive home victory.

It's fourth time lucky for Andy Farrell as he celebrates a first win over France as Ireland boss, with his team's performance described as 'heroic'. #SixNations #IREvFRA pic.twitter.com/XdDYNe0Znk

When asked about the most satisfying aspects of the Ireland display, Farrell told RTÉ Sport: "Just true grit and fight.

"There are many moments I could pick out – Bundee Akee chasing back in the dying minutes to secure a ball for us, Tom O'Toole who has not played any rugby and he is making line breaks right left and centre, Garry Ringrose is absolutely dead on his feet and then he goes in in the corner for a superb try.

"I thought it was heroic from our guys, and we certainly left a few tries out there.

"I’m not being greedy and I’m certainly pleased to get the bonus point but we got down into the French half quite a number of times and onto the French line and didn’t come away with what we should have, so plenty to work on.

"But at the