Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery will have his appeal against the six-week suspension for kicking France winger Alex Palisson heard in London on Wednesday, March 3.

DISAPPOINTING, if expected news for Ireland coach Declan Kidney last night came with the confirmation Jerry Flannery will face an independent citing commission of the Six Nations Championship tomorrow arising out of an incident in the game against France on Saturday.

HISTORY beckons for an elite band of Irish sportsmen in the Stade de France this evening.

FRANCE coach Marc Lièvremont expects Ireland to arrive with “the appetite of ogres” for Saturday’s mouth-watering Six Nations clash in Paris.