A monster Thomas Ramos penalty in the final minute wins it for France

The 34-year-old flanker led Ireland to another championship on his 105th appearance for his country

The captain’s emotions were writ large on his face during the anthems.

The Ireland captain insisted he must speak to his family before deciding if he is to retire from international rugby.

Ireland now have the chance to go where no-one has gone before in all the years since this thing got going in 1883.

It was a thoroughly deserved Italian win and came via tries from wing Monty Ioane and full-back Lorenzo Pani.

Les Bleus have had a poor Six Nations and the head coach badly needs a positive result to keep people behind his project

The day, which would culminate with Gold Cup glory, began on the right note for the yard as Majborough took JCB Triumph Hurdle honours.

‘I shouldn’t have said that. That was emotion.’

Last week Van Dijk and LeBron James were pictured together in an advertising campaign for the Los Angeles Lakers star’s signature clothing collection for the club.

Willie Mullins described Paul Townend's effort on Absurde as "the ride of the week".

Champions League holders City will take on the competition’s record 14-time winners in the quarter-finals of this season’s competition next month.

That the Scots also come into this final-round clash having suffered a narrow defeat seven days ago, to Italy in Rome, brings some symmetry to the occasion, particularly as Gregor Townsend’s men are chasing some silverware of their own, in the hope of ending a 25-year wait for a trophy.

After signing a new five-year deal after hitting 30 goals last season, the 26-year-old academy product has scored just seven times in a poor campaign for all connected to the club.

Ireland Captain Peter O'Mahony ready to get stuck in as they go for back-to-back championships.

A 6-4 6-3 Friday loss to Frenchman Clement Chidekh, who has an impressive record this year having won two recent ATP Challenger events to achieve a highest career ranking to date of 320, brought a big week to a halt.

The German also praised the way his team coped without their leading scorer for the two months he was absent first at the Africa Cup of Nations and then with a hamstring problem.

Us Scots have to admit that our positive talk has increasingly had a habit of straying into the realms of hubris, and it is slowly dawning on even the most patriotic of Scots that it has contributed to a critical weakness in the team’s psyche

Six Nations talking points: At least they have arrived at this stage with destiny in their own hands. It’s time to finish the job.

Putin, surrounded by hand-picked well-wishers and supporters, looked like the isolated man he is after receiving an 87.28% winning electoral margin