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Well, that's all from the opening night of the Six Nations.

You can read Matt Gault's report from the Stade de France here, and keep an eye out on the BBC Sport app and website for more reaction and highlights.

The Six Nations is back on Saturday as Italy host Scotland and Wales travel to England, and you can follow both games across BBC Sport.

In the meantime, enjoy the start of the Winter Olympics tomorrow, and thanks for your company tonight.

Have a good one!

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France take on Wales next week and then travel to Edinburgh in their third match.

They face Italy in their penultimate fixture and round out their Six Nations at home to England in Paris.

Whisper it quietly, could that be a title decider, or even a Grand Slam decider?

Time will tell.

Grace Davitt
Former Ireland centre on BBC Radio Ulster

A big performance back in Dublin needed next week against Italy.

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Andy Farrell's side will have to dust themselves down quickly as Italy come to Dublin next week.

After that, they travel to England and finish their campaign at home to Wales and Scotland.

Being honest, the title looks a long way away now.

Well, that was some way to kick off the Six Nations.

It's a strange one as the opening week of action takes a break due to the Olympics opening ceremony tomorrow night, but rugby returns on Saturday.

Scotland take on Italy in Rome at 14:10 GMT, before England face Wales later in the evening.

Two games you won't want to miss.

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A very early look at the Six Nations table.

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The two very different but understandable reactions in the BBC Sport office to watching Thomas Ramos' try assist for Louis Bielle-Biarrey.

This just gets better and better every time you see it.

Donncha O'Callaghan
Former Ireland lock on BBC Radio 5 Live at the Stade de France

"You could use the excuses, and they are there, the injuries, we haven't the depth of squad to go that deep, but there's been a fundamental thought of relying on the Leinster base and for the last few years that hasn't gone as well for the Leinster team.

"You're trying to integrate players and it's just been too much of a gap.

"The Irish attack looks really off it at the moment, multi-phase is non-existent. They can be proud of themselves [for coming back into game], but I'll be honest with you, it's coming again next week.

"This Irish team are on the ropes and everyone is coming after them. [Against Italy], they might be the hunted again. They have to find the answers because Six Nations rugby is ruthless and they need to stop the rot."

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Eight tries last year.

Two tonight, and he was able to celebrate early for both of them.

That's 22 tries in 23 appearances for Louis Bielle-Biarrey.

What a player.

Here's the best of the action as France start their Six Nations with a win.

Brian O'Driscoll
Former Ireland captain on ITV

The thing that concerns me is that there is a vulnerability to Ireland. Other sides will be looking at us and thinking this is nothing like the Ireland team that was at the World Cup in Paris two years ago. This is a team very much in transition and there are scalps to be had.

Italy will come to town next week and there will be other sides who will go 'we can beat this Irish team' when I don't know if that has truly been realistic in previous years.

Grace Davitt
Former Ireland centre on BBC Radio Ulster

Do the likes of James Ryan and Nick Timoney get a chance against Italy next week? You wonder does he rest some players before England the following week.

The three games in a row is tough but you also don't want to chop and change too much.

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Despite the result, it was still a proud night for Michael Milne as he scored a try on his third cap tonight.

Here's the moment that left referee Karl Dickson bamboozled.

Farrell on what he learnt about his side: "I learnt a lot about the team and individuals in these types of occasions and events. It was a first for quite a lot of our group. Every game you play for your country, whether it was a big win or a tough loss, it has to be a learning curve, and we have to take those learnings from tonight. We need to use it in the right manner and move on.

"I felt we had the right intentions in our prep about how we wanted to play the game, and hopefully that stands with us, but you can't play the game at this level without having the right intention. It's an absolute must, and we have to make sure it is delivered every single time we take to the field."

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Ireland captain Caelan Doris was also speaking in the press conference: "There was some good resolve in the second half, but we don't want to be the team that's chasing. We left ourselves too big a mountain to climb and that's down to passiveness in defence, not being connected, not being dominant in collisions and allowing them to flourish."

On his message to the group in the changing room after defeat: "It was Faz that mainly spoke about coming back to work with an opinion. It doesn't start at zero, we have lessons to learn. There was a lot of good stuff in the prep and we'll have to have a deep dive on how to make it better. Coming in with a proper opinion and seeing a reaction next week."

Farrell on the refereeing decisions in the first half and potential forward passes: "Nowadays things are always checked, but how they are checked and not brought back is another thing for me. But anyway, we fell on the wrong side of that and it certainly wasn't the reason why we lost the game, that's for sure."

"We have to regroup, don't we? Otherwise the disappointment stands for absolutely zero. We have to be honest with each other and say it as it is. We have to make sure this stands for something and use it, not only individually but collectively to make sure we give a better showing throughout the rest of this competition, starting with Italy this week."

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