Dupont warns France team of Ireland test

"We know where we are stepping, we know how we will be received," the French skipper said.

DUBLIN BOUND: Antoine Dupont of France. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

France got the defence of their Six Nations title off to a winning start on Sunday but it was, as the Duke of Wellington said about the Battle of Waterloo, "a close run thing".

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