FRANCE

COACH: Jacques Brunel (Fra) CAPTAIN: Guilhem Guirado ONE TO WATCH: ROMAIN NTAMACK I remember coaching against his father, Emile, so it’s amazing to see his son come through as well. The Toulouse centre (right) can play with no fear.

BIG QUESTION: Can they rid themselves of club cliques? They seem to talk themselves out of the game before they are in it. Like England they must get over the stronghold of the club game. The more you talk about the difficulties of the club game, the more it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. They are a scary team to play in World Cup year and have a seriously good record at those tournaments, making three finals and three semis of the seven editions. They love this stuff.

CLIVE’S VERDICT: 4th. 45 POINTS needed by Morgan Parra, the scrum-half and kicker, to overtake Dimitri Yachvili as France’s top scorer in the Six Nations. Yachvili hit 217 points.