The Ireland squad enjoyed their final run-out of the week ahead of Friday’s Guinness Men’s Six Nations kick-off in Marseille. It was a chance for the players to get a feel for the Stade Vélodrome as they prepare to face France.
Ireland head coach, Andy Farrell, handed a ‘Big Opportunity’ to Guinness Six Nations debutants Calvin Nash and Joe McCarthy to transfer what they have done in camp onto the big stage against France on Friday night. Farrell said:
Ireland head coach, Andy Farrell, handed a ‘Big Opportunity’ to Guinness Six Nations debutants Calvin Nash and Joe McCarthy to transfer what they have done in camp onto the big stage against France on Friday night. Farrell said:
We’ve got To relish these occasions and go after them
Jack Crowley also steps up for his first Championship start. He was only two months old when Brian O’Driscoll floored France with his famous hat-trick of tries back in 2000. Since then, Ireland have beaten France on French soil just two more times, in 2014 and 2018. That is the size of the task facing Andy Farrell’s men as Ireland take on France in Marseille to kick off their
Guinness Six Nations 2024 campaign.