Sean O'Brien: France claims of favouritism are 'a bit of kidology'

France are trying to ease the World Cup pressure by branding Ireland favourites for next weekend’s Pool D decider, according to Sean O’Brien.

Flanker O’Brien labelled French claims Ireland are odds-on to win in Cardiff on Sunday as “kidology”, after Joe Schmidt’s men reached the quarter-finals with a 16-9 victory over Italy.