Francois Cros, Felix Lambey and Romain Taofifenua among those to miss out

Ireland’s World Cup Pool A opponents on the end of five-try hammering in Nice

Winger’s two tries the difference against Clermont Auvergne to claim 20th league title

Greig Laidlaw kicks 18 points as Clermont lift trophy for a third time at St James’ Park

First France coach to name the same team for successive Tests since 2012

Jacques Brunel has retained the same French matchday 23 for the trip to Dublin

Critics claim France coach’s chopping and changing means he is unsure of his best backline

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack in the halfbacks with Parra and Lopez dropped

Warren Gatland’s side take French gifts and turn round a 16-point half-time deficit

Unpredictable les bleus will fired up and keen to redeem themselves after Fiji upset

Brunel's wunderkind Matthieu Jalibert could cause an upset against Schmidt’s side

Back-to-back champions England entitled to be favourites to retain the trophy

Les Bleus enter contest on back of seven winless matches but are boosted by new coach

European rugby returns for the key pre-Christmas double-headers

Scotland’s arguably made the most impressive strides of all during the autumn internationals

Clermont Auvergne’s wait for European glory continues as Mark McCall’s side triumph

EPCR announce new trophy has been commissioned in tribute to late Munster great

Munster lacked impact off their bench and squad depth to cope without Conor Murray

‘We feel very frustrated . . . but there is a lot more to come from this team,’ says Cullen

Leo Cullen’s side flirt with famous comeback but Camille Lopez drops French into final

Champions Cup semi-final with Clermont promises to be hot and high-scoring

A Munster win in Dublin seems more logical than a Leinster win over Clermont in Lyon

Champions Cup payback as second-half tries see off winners of 2013 and 2015 finals

Two in a row for Scotland fullback, CJ Stander second with Conor Murray sixth

Six Irish-based players in total are on the list – three from Leinster and three from Munster

Tournament of close contests was hardly vintage but compellingly tribal as ever

Eddie Jones’s side miss out on back-to-back Grand Slams and world record 19th win

Les Bleus ensured that Ireland remained in top tier for World Cup draw, even before Aviva win

Les Bleus secure bonus-point win in Rome to consign Italy to wooden spoon

Fullback Scott Spedding among those dropped after third round defeat to Ireland

The players can prepare in a good head space over the next week - the same can't be said for Wales

Incidents at Twickenham and Aviva show how interpretation of law differs among referees

With two games to go – against Wales and England – Ireland can still win the title

John O’Sullivan analyses the good, bad and indifferent from a tight victory in Dublin

Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton help Joe Schmidt’s side control full-on encounter

What Joe Schmidt’s side will face at the Avivia Stadium

Six Nations Preview: With Sexton returning, Ireland’s extra savvy should be enough

Prop Rabah Slimani, flanker Bernard Le Roux and wing Yoann Huget come in

Ireland will have Kearney, Best, O’Mahony, Murray and Trimble available for selection

Les Bleus will arrive in Dublin with most settled team and squad since Laporte days