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

Ulster take it to the wire with nail-biting win over Racing

Dan McFarland’s side move a step closer to the quarter-finals with win at Kingspan Stadium

Racing 92 on a mission but expect Ulster to push them close

Dan McFarland recalls 13 players following last week's Pro14 loss to Leinster

Sports Review 2018: Lock, stock and barrel for a special Irish team

Win over New Zealand was even more memorable than the one in Chicago

Leo Cullen and Leinster’s Champions Cup love affair continues

Racing coach Laurent Labit: ‘Well, he has the Irish team so we are just a poor man’s team’

Leinster 15 Racing 12: Racing 92 player ratings

Patrick Madden runs the rule over the Parisians after their agonising final defeat

Leinster keep their cool as they seek glory in Basque country

It will be a tight final against Racing, but province can prove they are Europe's best

Dan Carter’s flame may be fading but his legacy is secure

All Black player of his generation is ending his top-class career as a substitute for Racing

Liam Toland: Leinster’s rugby brains to make up for damaging backrow losses

At the heart of Leinster's greatness is a deep understanding of their game plan

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Even without Machenaud, Racing will make formidable foes

Parisians are in good shape as they prepare to face Leinster in Sunday’s finals in Bilbao

Gordon D’Arcy: Racing will not live with Leinster for 80 minutes

Parallels with 2009 abound and leaders from that campaign should give side the edge

Natal Sharks and another South African side to join Pro 14

McGrath must hit ‘fitness markers’ if he is to direct Leinster against Racing in Champions Cup

Liam Toland: After 23 years of professional rugby are Irish provinces succeeding?

The Irish team punches above its weight, but at provincial level, success is harder to define

Leinster and Racing dominate European Player of the Year shortlist

Three Leinster players and two Racing 92 players in shortlist ahead of Bilbao final

Knives at a gun fight: The 21 minutes that killed off Munster

Teddy Thomas was sensational in opening quarter of the game as Racing stormed ahead

Racing start leaves Munster cast adrift in Bordeaux

Munster flourish comes too late as French side set up final date with Leinster

Munster must maintain high tempo to unsettle Racing

French team possess some outstanding players in Teddy Thomas and Leone Nakarwara

Munster’s Mr Dependable grasping every opportunity

For so long in the shadows, Holland now a regular starter for Van Graan’s side

Rugby Statistics: Leinster must beware flying Scarlets out wide

Halfpenny and Sexton set for battle off the tee - but Maxime Machenaud leads the way

Munster using South African tour as a boost ahead of Racing clash

Johann van Graan says that a lot of good came from the two weeks down south

Racing 92: French aristocrats keep ahead of fashion and controversy

Paris club’s latest reincarnation has not been all plain sailing

Racing and Ryan set up Munster semi-final in Bordeaux

Paris club secure Champions Cup quarter-final victory away to Clermont Auvergne

Rugby Stats: Irish numbers stack up individually and collectively

Schmidt’s players top a host of categories at the end of a phenomenal 12 months

Eddie Jones says England going through ‘tough period’ after French loss

‘We are a rugby team and no rugby team has an aura of invincibility about them’

France get off the mark as they stretch clear of desperate Italy

Les Bleus show green shoots of recovery as Azzuri’s miserable Championship continues

Brunel praises Bastereaud as he changes backline for Italy clash

‘It seems like he has reached a new dimension since he was named captain at Toulon’

Scotland name unchanged team for Calcutta Cup clash

France have added fresh blood to their outside backs for their game against Italy

Ireland-France HIA decision was ‘wrong’, claims expert

Doctor says Dupont’s removal in Six Nations clash could raise questions over medics

France cleared by Review Panel over Antoine Dupont HIA

FFR will face no disciplinary action after controversial end to Ireland’s win in Paris

Scotland fight back to claim a thriller against France

Home side battled hard to get the win and condemn the French to a second defeat

Inquiries into HIA in France-Ireland Six Nations game to continue

Independent match doctor ruled Antoine Dupont required assesment

Nerveless Sexton is once again the man of the moment

Outhalf’s 42-metre drop goal came as a result of risks paying off and team effort

French count the cost of defeat as players sidelined by injury

Jacques Brunel acknowledges Ireland’s effort and match-winning drop goal by Sexton

Sexton saves Ireland at the death after French pressure causes errors

Joe Schmidt admits French work rate left his side scrambling in the final moments

Six Nations reviewing a number of HIA incidents from Paris game

Incidents involving Matthieu Jalibert and Antoine Dupont under spotlight

Johnny Sexton’s champagne moment won’t hide Ireland’s shortcomings

Schmidt’s side can gain momentum and cohesion from win on a tricky, slippy afternoon

Ireland escape to victory with stunning Sexton drop goal

Magnificent drop goal deep into added time gets Ireland out of jail against France

France 13 Ireland 15: Ireland Player Ratings

Gavin Cummiskey hands out the marks after an extraordinary ending in Paris

Jacques Brunel dips into fountain of youth in a bid to revitalise France

Prodigious 19-year-old outhalf Matthieu Jalibert will make his debut against Ireland

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