FRANCE will not repeat the mistake of targeting Johnny Sexton in today’s Six Nations clash with Ireland in Dublin, forwards coach Yannick Bru said yesterday.

Bru claimed Les Bleus lost focus in a host of previous and overt attempts to unsettle Ireland’s pivotal playmaker.

The former hooker insisted France will instead be far busier fighting to contain Ireland’s marauding loose-forward trio of CJ Stander, Sean O’Brien and Jamie Heaslip.