A duel between the two best nines on planet rugby is a mouth-watering aspect of Saturday's likely Six Nations title decider.

As Ireland and France prepare to collide this weekend in a decisive encounter, the spotlight inevitably falls on the two men ...

France were dealt a significant blow half-an-hour into their potential Six Nations title decider against Ireland with captain ...

Alex Mitchell once tried sidestepping an entire team; now the Northampton scrum half explains to Daniel Schofield, the deputy rugby correspondent at the Daily Telegraph, how he has taken his game to a ...

Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile "Yeah, that's interesting,” Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby mused when the showdown ...

Both claimed the scrum-half, widely considered to be the best player in the world, was targeted by Beirne although the ...

Ireland have dominated prospective British and Irish Lions XVs, but does their humbling defeat to France change that? ESPN's Tom Hamilton and James Regan weigh in.

To start with an obvious point, Ireland against France on Saturday afternoon will feature the two best scrum-halves in the world in Jamison Gibson-Park and Antoine Dupont, and the gap between them ...

France crushed Ireland 42-27 but saw Dupont limp off the field. It emerged the scrum-half, widely regarded as the best player in the world, had ruptured the cruciate ligaments in his knee.