It’s very difficult to see beyond a home win in Paris on Thursday night
Ireland captain Caelan Doris (left) with head coach Andy Farrell during an Ireland squad training session in Quinto da Lago, Portugal. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
This year’s big Six Nations kick-off takes place in in the Stade de France on Thursday night. The timing, we are told, is to avoid a clash with the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics which is in itself a little white lie.
To set the record straight, this year’s Winter Olympics take place in Italy, not France, and actually start in two days’ time on Wednesday February 4.