FRANKIE SHEAHAN is confident Ireland will learn from Saturday’s unconvincing win over Six Nations minnows, Italy, and travel to Paris confident in the knowledge that the French are far from an invincible force.

LAST month in the homeland of New Zealander and Midleton assistant coach and scrum-half Damon Urlich, IRB grandees had their annual state-of-the-game meeting where the laws of the game were discussed.