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21st Mar 2015

Video: Here is the moment when Noa Nakaitaci put the heart crossways in all of Ireland

Put the ball down man

Sean Nolan

As we are all backing France, this moment had the entire country screaming at their TVs

After the rocket start from England, ‘Zombie France’ woke up and became ‘Old School France’ flinging the ball around with style and speed.

England had no answer and after a try by Sebastien Tillous-Borde, France looked to have a second one almost immediately when Noa Nakaitaci ran clear of the England team and into the in-goal area.

Then he inexplicably almost ran out of the area before touching the ball down.

It took a long time before the TMO could confirm that by about a centimetre, the ball was grounded before the French player’s foot went over the line.

All of Ireland breathed a sigh of relief as Nigel Owens got the good news.

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