Thomas Castaignede: France can rediscover joie de vivre against Irish

Thomas Castaignede played 54 times for France at fly-half, full-back and centre, scoring 252 points for Les Bleus between 1995 and 2007, writes Simon Lewis.

As he prepared to make his biennial trip to Dublin for tomorrow’s showdown between Ireland and France, he gave the Irish Examiner his thoughts on the big game...

Q Hi Thomas, so you’re looking forward to coming to Dublin this weekend?