Felix Lambey’s performance is a silver lining on a bleak day for French rugby in Dublin

Four tries for Joe Schmidt’s side secured a bonus point ahead of final trip to Cardiff

First France coach to name the same team for successive Tests since 2012

Jacques Brunel has retained the same French matchday 23 for the trip to Dublin

Critics claim France coach’s chopping and changing means he is unsure of his best backline

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack in the halfbacks with Parra and Lopez dropped

Ref Wayne Barnes had to inform player he had become skipper during France’s defeat to Wales

Les Bleus endured a torrid 2018 but can call on exciting crop of junior world champions

Unpredictable les bleus will fired up and keen to redeem themselves after Fiji upset

Richard Cockerill’s team on the brink after earning memorable win in Stade Mayol

Pacific islands secure first win over Les Bleus after dramatic encounter in Paris

Les Bleus end five-game losing streak after scrappy win in Lille

Analysis of video replays has ensured many more correct decisions than wrong ones

Zebo fortunate, durable Sexton, O’Mahony’s lineout nous, Arnold and O’Donoghue impress

Conor Murray and Andrew Conway score tries with Munster six points adrift of Toulon

Stunning late Andrew Conway try seals place in Champions Cup semi-finals for Munster

Province’s collective effort may need to add to more than the individual parts to foil French giants

On paper the odds appear stacked against Munster - until Thomond Park factor kicks in

Toulon will travel to Thomond Park on the back of 49-0 win over Clermont

After a Six Nations that will go down in the annals of history, Gerry Thornley selects his XV

Joe Schmidt expected to name an unchanged 23 as players enter grand bonus territory

Ireland’s reliance on multi-phase approach – and on Sexton and Murray – is a weakness

Aggressive French defence ensured Ireland didn’t profit much from possession gained

Jacques Brunel acknowledges Ireland’s effort and match-winning drop goal by Sexton

Joe Schmidt admits French work rate left his side scrambling in the final moments

Last gasp Johnny Sexton drop goal condemns France to another defeat

Magnificent drop goal deep into added time gets Ireland out of jail against France

Brunel's wunderkind Matthieu Jalibert could cause an upset against Schmidt’s side

Frontrow players miss training session on Monday after bout of gastroenteritis

Controversy on and off the pitch for Les Bleus does not bode well for this year’s championship

Les Bleus enter contest on back of seven winless matches but are boosted by new coach

Leinster prop was cited for charging into a ruck in Pro12 derby against Connacht

What Joe Schmidt’s side will face at the Avivia Stadium

Prop Rabah Slimani, flanker Bernard Le Roux and wing Yoann Huget come in

Les Bleus have not won in Twickenham for 12 years and will look to make it a dogfight

Bordeaux Begles scrumhalf named ahead of Maxime Machenaud for England game

Tournament may be coming a little too soon for fast-improving French

Mike Ford's team do enough in first half to put distance on Welsh side and return to winning ways

Global body quite right to summons Joe Marler for his offensive ‘gypsy boy’ comment

Result at Murrayfield gives England their first Six Nations championship since 2011