Ireland claim costly win over France in Cardiff 

suffered three key injuries but managed to claim a gutsy 24-9 win over to secure top spot in Pool D.
Second half tries from Rob Kearney and Conor Murray helped the Irish pulled away.
They will now take on in the quarter-finals but they are likely to have to do it without Jonny Sexton, Paul O'Connell and Peter O'Mahony who were all stretched off at the Millennium.
Fly-half Sexton only lasted 20 minutes before a groin injury saw him leave the field. Captain O'Connell suffered a hamstring injury while back row O'Mahony went down to knee or ankle injury.
On top of injury concerns, head coach Joe Schmidt is likely to see Sean O'Brien receive a ban for punching Pascal Pape in the stomach in the early exchanges of the game.
Ireland led 9-6 at the break after penalties from Sexton and one from his replacement Ian Madigan.
But, having most of the possession and territory all game, pressure told and Kearney sliced through before Murray showed great awareness by touching down at the base of the left post after Rory Best had been tackled inches away form the line.
France were already through to the quarter-finals but they will now have to take on the in .
They will hope history repeat itself as it was at the same stage and in the same stadium that they stunned the world champions in 2007 in what was one of the biggest upset in history.

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