Welcome to the Greig Laidlaw show. This was a tour de force, for which Laidlaw's Man of the Match award scarcely seems adequate, because rarely has a match at this level been so dominated by one player, especially one who hasn't started a Test for a year. Welcome to the Greig Laidlaw show. Twenty-two points from his boot and no misses speaks volumes, but it doesn't say it all. Photo: ReutersThere followed a period of tit-for-tat penalties which started just before half-time, when Machenaud kicked France 20-14 ahead.

Source: Irish Independent February 12, 2018 02:31 UTC