Champions Cup Pool B preview: Plenty of flair on offer led by champions Toulouse
Munster and Cardiff sides will start on the back foot due to Covid issues
Owen Doyle: Red card replacements would let sinners off the hook
Players who are sent off can be replaced after 20 minutes under new Rainbow Cup trial
Leinster face a formidable foe in semi-final against La Rochelle
Leo Cullen’s men will likely meet Toulouse in final if they can beat Ronan O’Gara’s side
Six Nations 2021: Gerry Thornley’s highs and lows
Our rugby correspondent looks back on this year’s tournament
Rugby stats: Too often Irish players didn’t look and therefore didn’t see
Ireland need to encourage players to unscramble the pictures, to look and see
Antoine Dupont enjoys genius trait of thinking quickly but never being in a rush
Rugby Stats: The gifted France No 9 showed the vast array of his skills against Italy
Antoine Dupont and France lay down early Six Nations marker
Les Bleus were ruthless in Rome but there was enough to give Ireland encouragement
Six Nations: England very short-priced favourites to retain their crown
Bookies rate France as second favourites to win with Ireland third most likely winners
Six Nations 2021: A bluffer’s guide to France
Much expected of a talented crop of young prospects under the guidance of Galthie
Scotland shred France’s Grand Slam dreams at Murrayfield
Les Bleus left to rue Mohamed Haouas’s red card as Townsend’s side capitalise in style
Six Nations: Logic points to Welsh win but doesn’t apply to France
Unpredictable les bleus will fired up and keen to redeem themselves after Fiji upset
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