Joe Schmidt knows his side have to win this one, and now he’s got the team that can do it

Rugby statistics: Once a staple of Paris trips, touchdowns are now thin on the ground

Patrick Madden profiles France as they go unchanged for the first time since 2012

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

Townsend’s team in with a decent shout of pulling off a first victory in Paris since 1999

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

Les Bleus endured a torrid 2018 but can call on exciting crop of junior world champions

Jacques Brunel names 19-year-old at inside centre with Mathieu Bastareaud excluded

Forward power can help Castres pip Exeter in one of weekend’s most intriguing ties

Sevu Reece case show Twitter and Instagram are final judges of a player’s moral standing

All Blacks ran in three tries while France lock Paul Gabrillagues was sin-binned

Analysis of video replays has ensured many more correct decisions than wrong ones

Denny Solomona banned for four weeks after being found guilty of alleged slur

Multitalented Toulon relaxed for one vital moment and Conway made them pay

Conor Murray and Andrew Conway score tries with Munster six points adrift of Toulon

Bastareaud : ‘We had a lot of opportunities and errors with the ball’

Stunning late Andrew Conway try seals place in Champions Cup semi-finals for Munster

Province’s collective effort may need to add to more than the individual parts to foil French giants