Free-scoring French will pose tough test to Ireland

With France, it’s always about the known unknowns.

Will they be fit? And will they perform on the road? Both posers have been answered emphatically at the Women’s Rugby World Cup with Les Bleus registering 20 tries and 120 points against Japan and Australia so far.

Ireland have managed just 6 and 43 points, respectively, against the same opposition. It doesn’t bode well for the hosts as the pair meet in a winner-takes-all Pool C encounter at UCD tomorrow night.