Rory Best wary of 'lethal' French

“They are very dangerous, especially if we give them turnover ball in broken field.”

Ireland captain Rory Best has warned that the hosts will have to be at their best against a “lethal” French attack when the sides meet in the third round of the Six Nations at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Saturday, writes Brendan O’Brien.

The visitors have begun to marry some of their traditional flair with the physical size and force that has been their modern trademark and the line is that they arrived in Ireland buoyed by a decent display in losing to England in London and a defeat of the Scots in Paris.