Laporte forced to revise his thinking on Ireland

FRENCH coach Bernard Laporte insisted yesterday he had never ruled Ireland out of his RBS Six Nations Championship calculations.

Laporte performed a spectacular u-turn after saying earlier this year that he would go into experimental mode for the World Cup after the Six Nations clash with England at Twickenham.

However, Laporte denied making any such statement yesterday, declaring: “I don’t know where those comments came from. I certainly never ruled out any of the other three countries.”