Ulster’s European dream clinically crushed by Toulouse

Cheslin Kolbe dazzles as Dan McFarland’s injury-ravaged side are put to the sword

Matt Williams: Expect the unexpected in rugby’s greatest tournament

With new coaches at Ireland, France, Italy and Wales, the winner will be hard to predict

Connacht coach Friend ‘really proud of our performance’

‘If you look at the 32-17 scoreline it looks like a one-sided game but it certainly wasn’t’

Toulouse break away from Connacht’s tight grip to claim bonus-point win

Four-time champions score two tries in final quarter to end Connacht’s challenge in France

Toulouse bounce back to take down Gloucester at Kingsholm

Joe Simpson’s two breathtaking tries had given English side early advantage

Lopez the hero as France withstand Argentina’s second-half comeback

Late drop goal seals victory as Pumas fume over referee Gardner’s performance

Rugby World Cup: France scrape over the line against Argentina

Argentina miss last gasp penalty as France remain masters of illusion, and disillusion

Veteran number eight Louis Picamoles included in France’s World Cup squad

Francois Cros, Felix Lambey and Romain Taofifenua among those to miss out

Yoann Huget brace clinches Top 14 glory for Toulouse in Paris

Winger’s two tries the difference against Clermont Auvergne to claim 20th league title

Toulouse secure stunning Racing 92 win to set up Leinster semi

Four-time winners move into the last four despite Zack Holme’s 28th minute red card

Ireland 26 France 14: France player ratings

Felix Lambey’s performance is a silver lining on a bleak day for French rugby in Dublin

Ireland find cold comfort against France

Four tries for Joe Schmidt’s side secured a bonus point ahead of final trip to Cardiff

Lightening quick Jordan Larmour the standout act

Impressive performance from Ireland’s 21-year-old fullback brings crowd to its feet

Matt Williams: There is still hope for French rugby to return to glory

The French team is on an upward curve, but the rich seam of local talent must be mined

With a fair wind, back-to-strength Ireland can sink France

Joe Schmidt knows his side have to win this one, and now he’s got the team that can do it

Rugby stats: Ireland don’t need to try too hard to beat the French

Rugby statistics: Once a staple of Paris trips, touchdowns are now thin on the ground

Six Nations: Ireland v France - France player profiles

Patrick Madden profiles France as they go unchanged for the first time since 2012

Unchanged French side slightly unnerving for Ireland

First France coach to name the same team for successive Tests since 2012

Six Nations 2019: all you need to know before the penultimate round

Ireland face a rejuvenated French side at the Aviva on Sunday as Wales head to Murrayfield and England host Italy

France stick with the same team that beat Scotland

Jacques Brunel has retained the same French matchday 23 for the trip to Dublin

Rugby stats: sequence of fixtures has let Wales rotate and build

Coaches are juggling between being competitive in the Six Nations and planning for Japan

French new wave banish the blues against Scotland

France bounce back from two defeats with morale boosting bonus point win

Jacques Brunel and France turn to youth for visit of Scotland

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack in the halfbacks with Parra and Lopez dropped

Influential Van der Flier proves a real thorn in Toulouse’s side

Flanker’s intelligence on both sides of the ball a telling factor in Leinster’s victory

Leinster hit the high notes of champions

Toulouse succumb to home side’s remorseless carrying and recycling

Leinster back in control of their own destiny

Leinster will top Pool 1 in Champions Cup with a win over Wasps next weekend

Gerry Thornley: Toulouse have found what they were looking for

Former stalwarts like ex-Bandon RFC coach Sonnes helping club reclaim its old identity

Leinster facing a colossal stress test in terms of squad depth

Champions’ missing big guns tilts the balance towards confident Toulouse

John O'Sullivan: who are the Champions Cup's headline performers so far?

Likes of Gloucester’s Morgan and Toulouse’s Guitoune pose real threat to provinces’ hopes

Toulouse return to the top of Pool One with win at Wasps

English side all but out of Champions Cup as French aristocrats make it three from three

Leinster now holding the whiphand as masters face off

Formidable champions unlikely to be daunted these days by a trip to Toulouse

Burns’s blunders help Toulouse take the points against Bath

Fullback misses kick and try opportunity late on as French side win at The Rec

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