Caelan Doris

Caelan Doris wants to keep a lid on title talk after Ireland made it two wins from two in the Guinness Six Nations with an enthralling win against France.

“It was incredibly tough; with the threats they have you have to be switched on the whole time. “The forwards are obviously a huge threat through the middle, so physically it was very tough and mentally as well you have to be switched on throughout the whole thing.” “They have got dangerous threats throughout their team, so we needed to be switched on for the 80 and we were close to that. “The crowd was unbelievable as always, they really pushed us on towards the end of the first half and in the second half which was great. “We know what a quality side they are, we have not come out on top the last couple of times playing them so it was great to get the win here. “It was a really tough first half, one of the toughest first halves I have ever experienced, it was a battle the whole way through.

Ireland cemented their place as the number one side in the world in a Six Nations classic at the Aviva Stadium.

On both occasions, the player in question stepped up with a big performance. As does the trust Farrell displays in them. Those little touches mean a lot to the players. He carries into traffic, he passes smoothly, he lifts and jumps in lineouts, he mauls well, he hits attacking breakdowns and competes for the ball with accuracy when Ireland are defending. He takes the ball to the line in two hands and plays excellent passes under pressure from defenders. This was the test, and Byrne and Casey passed it.

Ireland and France served up a piping hot Six Nations classic. Antoine Dupont, Caelan Doris, Hugo Keenan, James Lowe and Damian Penaud all starred.

[on the BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f2lzyg), former Ireland winger Denis Hickie and host Sara Orchard were both raving about the lad who grew up in the village of Lacken in Ballina. "The work-rate of this team under Andy Farrell is absolutely phenomenal," she declared. I thought towards of last season, with Leinster, he may have run out of gas, a little bit, and had played too many games. 'A scrap between him and Ardie Savea for the No 8 jersey in a world XV has become a reality. Their red-zone efficiency was top-notch against Wales and France have a much tougher defence so this was more understandable. "Doris has just something else about him," Hickie agreed. "An irrepressible force on the French flanks who repeatedly made one of the world's best defences look foolish." Caelan Doris and Damian Penaud have been singled out as the cherries atop this sumptuous dish. "One of the all-time great wing performances," he added. He is only 24, too, so should be just coming into his peak years. There are two big fixes for Ireland, despite their latest win over a top opponent. The Clermont winger was awarded 10/10 by writer Charles Richardson, who stated he was "astonishing".