France absorbed early setbacks including the loss of captain Antoine Dupont through injury to beat defending champions Ireland 42-27 at the Aviva Stadium and move into pole position for the Six ...

5 8 Lorenzo Cannone: Quiet by his standards. The younger Cannone has taken to Test rugby superbly but he failed to make too many dents. 4 7 Michele Lamaro (c): A wholehearted display as we’ve come to ...

After a damaging defeat to England in round two, Fabien Galthie’s visitors were in a ruthless mood as they produced a scintillating display of attacking rugby ... and matched Les Bleus in ...

Dupont scored twice as the Azzurri were put to the sword in Rome. It was a fine way for Les Bleus to bounce back from their disappointing round-two defeat by England. France's next game is in ...

Rampant Les Blues ran in 11 tries in a ruthless demolition job at the Stadio Olimpico to close round three on Sunday, bouncing back from a last-gasp defeat by England that ended their Grand Slam ...

They will fancy their chances against France after the corresponding match in last year’s championship ended in a 13-13 draw in Lille and Les Bleus also suffered a 26-25 defeat against England in ...