Donal Lenihan: Ireland have been here before. Often it ends well

Ireland need to deliver something different to halt this buoyant new French wave and find a way to take what is still a very inexperienced visiting side out of their comfort zone
Donal Lenihan: Ireland have been here before. Often it ends well

ONE IN, ONE OUT: Munster’s Craig Casey gets a pass away during Ireland training as Johnny Sexton watches on. Casey will hope to make his Irish debut off the bench but Sexton misses out. Pic: Inpho/Billy Stickland

Heads and hearts aligned.

It needs to be one of those days but, then again, we’ve seen it all before. A team backed into a corner, ravaged by injury, written off by all and sundry who just dig that bit deeper to stop the carnage.

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