Ireland lost 50-14 to France in the World Rugby U20 Championship final on Friday evening in South Africa
Richie Murphy hailed his "brave" Ireland team following their World Rugby U20 Championship final defeat to France.
Murphy praised the dominant French after the match, but admitted he was very proud of his players' efforts over the past few weeks.On France, he said: "They're a first class team - big, strong, physical, very skilful and they played really well. "A few calls went against us which were disappointing but that's the way rugby goes I suppose and once the momentum builds against you it's very hard to get back in."
Munster rugby coach Greig Oliver, whose son Jack was in Murphy's squad, died days later in a paragliding incident while he was in South Africa to support the team, which also hit them hard.
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