Edwards predicts Ireland v Wales Grand Slam showdown

UNCERTAINTY may be key to the Six Nations’ perpetual allure but Gareth Edwards believes that a last day Grand Slam showdown between the form teams, Ireland and Wales, will still be on the cards after this weekend’s round of fixtures.

“The Wales game in Paris, I won’t say it is a banana skin because that underestimates it, but you never know how the French will turn up,” said the Welsh legend, who was in Dublin yesterday for a British & Irish Lions/HSBC promotional event.

“Wales are playing confidently enough to beat France, if they play well. However, as I know from experience, that could easily make you look foolish but I would still put a small bet on that (an Ireland v Wales Grand Slam showdown) because they are the two form teams. It is heading that way.”