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Dusautoir wants to leave Ireland with smile on face

France captain Thierry Dusautoir said he was hoping to leave the pitch after the Six Nations match with Ireland on Saturday with a smile on his face having recorded their first win of the tournament.

France's captain Thierry Dusautoir (C) stands next to flanker Yannick Nyanga (R) warm-up for a training session at the Aviva stadium in Dublin on March 8, 2013. Dusautoir said he was hoping to leave the pitch after the Six Nations match with Ireland on Saturday with a smile on his face having recorded their first win of the tournament.

The 31-year-old flanker - who will equal the French record of captaining the side for the 34th time - added thoughts of a first wooden spoon since 1957 and that France were near to equalling their worst overall winless run in the tournament in almost 90 years hadn't entered his head.

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