Aoife McDermott eager to sample French fire

It was Thursday when the Regional Health Agency in the far north of France confirmed the first case of coronavirus in that neck of the woods, a student in the Regional Centre for Circus Arts having tested positive after arriving back in the region from Italy.

Lomme was originally a town to the west of Lille in the Nord département but it has long been swallowed up by the city where Ireland's women are due to face France in the last round of Six Nations fixtures tomorrow week.