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Podcast: France vs Ireland preview with Gordon D’Arcy and Noel McNamara

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The panel discusses selection, captaincy and Ireland's poor record following World Cup campaigns

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France's scrum-half Maxime Lucu (L) runs with the ball during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Uruguay at Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France on September 14, 2023. Photograph: Franck Fife via Getty Images.
France's scrum-half Maxime Lucu (L) runs with the ball during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Uruguay at Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France on September 14, 2023. Photograph: Franck Fife via Getty Images.
Mon Jan 29 2024 - 16:54

Gordon D’Arcy and John O’Sullivan join host Nathan Johns to preview the Six Nations ahead of Ireland’s opening game away to France on Friday night.

The panel discusses selection, captaincy and Ireland’s poor record following World Cup campaigns.

We also hear from Clare native Noel McNamara, the attack coach at Union Bordeaux-Begles.

[ Who is Maxime Lucu, the man set to replace Antoine Dupont? ]

Newly installed at the French club, McNamara works on a daily basis with a number of players in the France squad, most notably Maxime Lucu, the man expected to be tasked with replacing the absent Antoine Dupont.

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