Neil Treacy and Bernard Jackman are joined on the RTÉ Rugby podcast by Bordeaux-Begles attack coach Noel McNamara to preview Saturday's Guinness Six Nations meeting between Ireland and France.
McNamara discusses the main differences he has experienced across the Irish, French and South African systems around developing player pathways (10:30), as well as how the French side have evolved since the Rugby World Cup (21:05).
We look at the French attacking game (26:35) and discuss how the two sides match up tactically this weekend.
The panel focus in on Sam Prendergast's role this week (43:15) and pay tribute to Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and Cian Healy ahead of their final home games for Ireland on Saturday (50:20).
And finally we react to Munster's appointment of Clayton McMillan as their new head coach (55:00).
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Watch Ireland v France in the Six Nations on Saturday from 1.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app. Listen to live commentary with Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1.
Watch Ireland v France in the Under-20 Six Nations on Friday from 7.35pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.
