Beware the moody Blues, Mike Prendergast warns Joe Schmidt

Mike Prendergast knows France pretty well by now. 

He has interesting views on how Paul O’Connell will fare in Toulon. He has an informed take on Munster’s new import Mark Chisholm.

But he doesn’t quite know what to make of the French national team, except for one pointed message for Joe Schmidt: don’t write them off.