Racing certainty Ross Byrne focused on Champions Cup clash rather than Farrell squad call

The Leinster out half will start against the French outfit this weekend.

WATCHING BRIEF: Ross Byrne at Leinster training this week. Picture: INPHO/Ben Brady

Despite being firmly in the mix for selection, Leinster out-half Ross Byrne has insisted a potential call-up to tomorrow's Ireland squad for the forthcoming Six Nations Championship is very much at the back of his mind.

Across the 2020 and 2021 editions of the hotly-contested international competition, Byrne made seven appearances off the bench. The former St Michael’s College student subsequently found himself slipping down the pecking order, before seizing upon an unexpected chance against Australia in the Autumn Nations Series last November by slotting over a late match-winning penalty.