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Published 20:31 28 May 2018 BST
Updated 20:44 28 May 2018 BST
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And then it began to chuck it down.
By the time the Irish players, coaches and backroom staff arrived at Stade de France it was positively teeming.
RTE sent over a crew to cover the match, which is serving as a World Cup warm-up for France, and you better believe Tony O'Donoghue was there.
O'Donoghue was needed for a couple of updates from the ground back to the RTE studio in Dublin but he was getting soaked as he waited pitch-side. That was until a camera assistant used his head and grabbed the first large and flat object at hand.
This is Irish pragmatism in all its glory.
This is how we have handled centuries upon centuries of wet stuff booting down upon us.
Social media reacted with a slew of WWE-themed tweets but this must be the best....
https://twitter.com/HolyHonda49/status/1001183242433781760
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