Folly to omit Foley for French fray

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL could hardly have put it more succinctly.

“Play like that in the Stade de France and you get obliterated,” said Ireland’s captain in the wake of Saturday’s desperately poor RBS Six Nations opener against Italy at Lansdowne Road.

It is indeed a scary thought that Ireland must tackle the French in their own backyard in six days time with largely the same team that enjoyed huge chunks of luck against a distinctly limited Italian side.