Ireland the familiar final foes in France's quest for Six Nations glory | Michael Aylwin

Outstanding Irish have the clearer mission but nothing can be taken for granted in a game where teams are set to go for brokeAt least all of France’s fans will be able to watch this year’s late-night denouement to the Six Nations in the comfort of their homes – alas, not in the bars of curfewed Paris – rather than face the desolate trek from the Stade de France at 11pm local time. But an echoey stadium, after the watershed, beyond the Périphérique, is merely the sort of finale to which all our sports have been condemned of late.At least we are guaranteed some meaning to the disrupted 2020 cham…