Joey Carbery feels Ireland's slow start is what ultimately cost them as their Six Nations hopes faltered with a defeat away to France on Saturday.
Ireland were 10-0 down inside seven minutes and never truly recovered, despite a spirited second-half fightback that briefly had them within a point of Les Blues.
The Athy man has been involved in the international set-up for five years but this was his first Six Nations start after Johnny Sexton pulled up injured in midweek.
