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Published 17:52 13 Feb 2016 GMT
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"I think it's an 8-1 penalty count against Ireland in the second half," O'Connell said.
"France changed their front row after four minutes (of the second half) when the second scrum came on.
"Eddy Ben Arous and (Rabah) Slimani came on and it just made a massive difference to France.
"It's a pity that rugby matches are held hostage to the scrum at times but, on days like this, they are and I think that was the winning of the game for France."
Fellow former Ireland captain Keith Wood was in studio alongside O'Connell and he didn't mince his words about the quality of the match.
"It was a dull game," Wood said. "Let's not pretend it was anything other than that. The conditions were pretty poor but as the second half started to move on and move on and move on, the level of control that France had for all the game was actually down here in front of us, in Ireland's half.
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