From Drico to Henry to Adeleke - 10 times Stade de France stirred Irish sporting soul

There is hardly a venue on the planet that has come to frame the fortunes of modern Irish sport more than the Stade de France.

Brian O'Driscoll, Thierry Henry and Rhasidat Adeleke - all at Stade de France

Take the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park out of the equation and there isn’t a venue on this entire planet that has come to frame the fortunes of modern Irish sport more than the Stade de France out on the northern fringes of Paris.

Few places can generate the type of atmosphere that has engulfed the great amphitheatre in Saint-Denis down the years and, for over a quarter of a century, Irish athletes of various stripes have mixed misery with majesty across a series of fronts.