Jack Conan: Ireland must lean on learnings from previous visits to France

Jack Conan during an Ireland Rugby squad training session at The Campus in Quinta do Lago. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Ireland will go back into the lions’ den in Paris this Thursday keen to avenge their heavy Dublin defeat of last season with Jack Conan urging the 2026 team not to forget the valuable lessons of their two most recent Guinness Six Nations visits to France.

From the stage fright under the lights at Stade de France in 2022 to the perfect riposte in Marseille two years later, Conan and Ireland have shown they can not only learn from their mistakes but implement those lessons to good effect.