Conor Murray shared a special moment with his baby son and wife Joanna Cooper on an emotional day. Saturday saw the 35-year-old play his last game at the Aviva Stadium for Ireland as they suffered a damaging Six Nations defeat to France. Following the full-time whistle, Murray could be seen holding his son Alfie, who was born last October, before walking down the Aviva tunnel for the last time in an Ireland jersey with little Alfie and wife Joanna. Sharing a number of photos on Instagram, the scrum-half wrote: "Not to be this time but incredibly grateful to have lived out a dream in this stadium over the years. Thank you." France overcame the injury loss of Antoine Dupont to blow open the Six Nations title race by extinguishing Ireland’s Grand Slam dream with a crushing 42-27 win in Dublin. Les Bleus captain Dupont – arguably the world’s best player – limped from the field in the 29th minute of an engrossing showdown at a sold-out Aviva Stadium. Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s early try helped the French into an 8-6 half-time lead before Dan Sheehan’s score shifted the momentum in Ireland’s favour just after the restart. But the hosts were blitzed during a breathtaking second half as Fabien Galthie’s side ruthlessly wrestled top spot in the championship table going into next week’s final round. Bielle-Biarrey, the tournament’s top try scorer, took his tally to seven with a sensational finish before Paul Boudehent, Oscar Jegou and the diving Damian Penaud completed the demolition job, adding to 17 points from full-back Thomas Ramos. Late scores for Cian Healy and Jack Conan, plus two penalties and three conversions from Sam Prendergast, was scant consolation for Simon Easterby’s side, who slipped two points behind their opponents on the back of a shambolic second-half display. The Irish Mirror has a rugby WhatsApp group where you can get breaking new and top stories on Ireland's Six Nations campaign straight to your phone. Click here to join. You can leave our group at any time if you don't like it.