Ireland opened their 2024 Women's Six Nations with a 38-17 defeat to France in Le Mans but there were some improvements on last year's performance against the French with Aoife Wafer and Aoife Dalton scoring tries with the Irish defence also a plus.

Anna Caplice and Ali Donnelly join Sinéad Kissane on The Left Wing podcast to discuss the improvements and the areas of concern going into the first home game of the campaign against Italy at the RDS on Sunday.

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