Paris in spring no fear for cool O’Brien

Sean O’Brien has never played rugby in temperatures of -7C before but has farmed in the depths of a white winter when the mercury plummeted to -15.

After that, well, Stade de France’s wind chill won’t be a factor.

“It will be different playing at those temperatures but it shouldn’t affect us,” he said. “We’ll be nice and warm in the forwards. I don’t know about some of those outside backs.”