Peter O’Mahony: French can feed off doubts

As a Munster man, Peter O’Mahony knows all about adapting to new coaches, and the Ireland flanker believes a change in management will do France no harm at all in Paris this weekend.

The French dispensed with the services of head coach Guy Noves over the Christmas holidays after a disastrous tenure with the national team ended in a home draw to Japan at the U Arena last November.

Fellow veteran Jacques Brunel was quickly named as Noves’s replacement, but last week was his first chance to start working with his new charges on the training field at Marcoussis.