France 13 Ireland 15: Johnny Sexton drop goal seals late Six Nations win in Paris

Ireland secured a dramatic 15-13 Six Nations win against France in Paris thanks to Johnny Sexton's drop goal after time.

Trailing 13-12 thanks to a Teddy Thomas try, Ireland kept their heads through 41 phases of play in order to open up a window for Sexton.

And the fly-half, who scored all of Ireland's points on the night, duly obliged from just inside the France half to earn Ireland the win.

Ireland full-back Rob Kearney hailed the dramatic finish and Sexton's last-gasp drop goal.

"It's quite incredible really. We probably got out of jail a little bit," the 31-year-old said.

"To build that amount of phases, to keep the ball - the conditions are awful - and then the stones on Johnny at the end was incredible.

"I thought it (the drop goal) was a little short. It went in slow motion and it just crept over.

"We knew it was the last play. He ran off celebrating and we all went along. It was unbelievably special."

Match-winner Sexton said: "I'm just happy I got another chance. In the last moment something caught my eye and just happy to get another chance to get victory for the boys.

"We've worked so hard for the last two weeks and it's great to be in the position we are now after an away win."

When asked what he thought of before kicking the winning goal, the fly-half said: "I went back to many years ago when we played Treviso away and I was in an almost identical position and just flashed back to that. Just got there in the end."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.