O’Driscoll faces up to French farce fears

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL’S face told the story of a thousand concerns: on this form, Ireland could be destroyed by France in Paris on Saturday.

He readily admitted that Saturday’s 26-16 victory over Italy was unacceptable.

“If we go to Stade des France and play like that, we will get obliterated,” said the Ireland captain. “We will have to play next week with a fear factor and show 30 or 40% improvement.”