A record demolition. France rocked up in Rome and roared at everyone “See? We can take our chances”. Finishing with 11 tries ...

France will face unbeaten Six Nations leader Ireland in a buoyant mood after thrashing Italy by a record-high 73-24 in Rome ...

Stadio Olimpico Date: Sunday, 23 February Kick-off: 15:00 GMTCoverage: Text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website ...

Backs Damian Penaud and Matthieu Jalibert have been axed from France’s team to play Italy on Sunday in the Six Nations.

France coach Fabien Galthie has swung the selection axe after his side’s Six Nations defeat to England with wing Damian ...

France coach Fabien Galthie has made tactical changes for the Six Nations match against Italy, bringing Thomas Ramos as ...

France coach Fabien Galthie restored Thomas Ramos at flyhalf and named seven forwards on the bench for the Six Nations game ...

France, who suffered a dramatic 33-31 loss to England in Round 2, are under pressure to deliver a convincing performance ...

And the scrum-half, whose partnership with Matthieu Jalibert in the absence of the suspended Romain Ntamack proved disappointing, underlined Galthie's verdict by saying: "We wasted way too many ...

Captain and scrumhalf Antoine Dupont, who was paired with the hugely disappointing Matthieu Jalibert in the absence of suspended Romain Ntamack, agreed. "We wasted way too many opportunities," he ...

In other changes to the side that destroyed Wales 43-0 in the opening game of the tournament, Galthié handed the fly-half role to Mathieu Jalibert. Last week's choice, Romain Ntamack, marked his ...

France head coach Fabien Galthie: “There is no power struggle with the player," Galthie said of Matthieu Jalibert, after the fly-half was surprisingly left out of the squad to face the All ...