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          <h1>France v Ireland match is postponed</h1>
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                  <a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/highlights.html?3196060,3196060,flash,255,Watch: Clare MacNamara reports from Paris on the abandoned France-Ireland game and gets the views of RT� analyst Tony Ward. " title="Watch: Clare MacNamara reports from Paris on the abandoned France-Ireland game and gets the views of RT� analyst Tony Ward. ">Watch: Clare MacNamara reports from Paris on the abandoned France-Ireland game and gets the views of RT� analyst Tony Ward. </a>
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                  <a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/highlights.html?3196066,3196066,flash,255,Watch: Irish head coach Declan Kidney gives his perspective on the postponement of the France-Ireland game to RT�'s Clare MacNamara. " title="Watch: Irish head coach Declan Kidney gives his perspective on the postponement of the France-Ireland game to RT�'s Clare MacNamara. ">Watch: Irish head coach Declan Kidney gives his perspective on the postponement of the France-Ireland game to RT�'s Clare MacNamara. </a>
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            </div><p>Ireland's RBS 6 Nations clash with France tonight has been postponed due to the weather conditions in Paris.</p>
<p>The Stade de France passed an initial pitch inspection by referee Dave Pearson, only for the official to reverse his decision 10 minutes before the scheduled 2000 GMT kick off time.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/sixnations/highlights.html?3195428,3195428,flash,257"><strong>Reaction: View and listen to RT� TV and radio discussion of the late decision to call France v Ireland off.<br/></strong></a></p>
<p>Paris has been gripped by sub-zero temperatures with the Stade de France forecast to plummet to minus eight by half-time.</p>
<p>According to French sports website <em>l'Equipe</em>, earlier in the week French TV offered to move the match to a 3pm kick-off but the offered was refused by the RBS 6 Nations committee.<br/></p>
<p>Ireland coach Declan Kidney said he did not know when the match would now be played.</p>
<p>"That'll be up to the Six Nations (officials) outside," he said, speaking in the tunnel at the stadium.<br/></p>
<p>"I know they were on the phone already outside. I'm sure they're working on it as we speak."<br/></p>
<p>Kidney could only speculate on when a decision would be made.<br/>"Probably you would imagine sometime on Monday," he said.<br/></p>
<p>Asked on BBC2 how his players had reacted, Kidney said: "You're joking me. How do you get that pumped up for a game (and then have it called off)?</p>
<p>"International rugby or any professional rugby isn't something whereby you just arrive and you go out for an old friendly jogaround. But they're great lads and they'll settle down. There's a good bit of banter in the dressing room at the moment."</p>
<p>There has been no decision taken on when a re-fixed match will take place. Next weekend and 2 March are both possibilities. A decision will be announced on Monday.<br/></p></div>
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