Jacob Stockdale: Ireland can go to another level against France

The Ulsterman will look to create opportunities in attack and keep the house safe at the back when Andy Farrell's side complete their delayed 2020 Six Nations campaign in Paris this Saturday

Jacob Stockdale at Ireland training today. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Jacob Stockdale enjoyed his first game at full-back for Ireland but the Ulsterman knows that France in Paris this weekend will provide an altogether different challenge to that posed by a poor Italian outfit in Dublin last Saturday.

The 24-year old burst onto the Test scene as a try-scoring winger but Rob Kearney's advancing years and Jordan Larmour's shoulder injury opened the door for a stint at the back for a man who had been lining out in the deep-lying role for Ulster this year anyway.