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5 talking points as France and Ireland endeavour to win Six Nations Championship

The 2022 Guinness Six Nations Championship reaches its climax on Saturday with France and Ireland in title contention.

France, who face England in Paris, know that victory will give them a first Six Nations title and Grand Slam since 2010, while Ireland must beat Scotland – then hope England topple Les Bleus – to deny them silverware.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key talking points heading into so-called Super Saturday.

It has been a long time between drinks for France as they chase Six Nations silverware and a clean sweep 12 years after they were last crowned kings of Europe. On that occasion, England were their opponents at Stade de France, with Les Bleus claiming a nervy 12-10 victory against a team containing the likes of Mike Tindall, Chris Ashton, Danny Care, Dylan Hartley and Lewis Moody. France have toppled England on seven of the previous 11 Six Nations encounters in Paris, but pressure will be ramped up as they target title glory 18 months before hosting the World Cup. Home advantage and an 81,000 capacity crowd suggests everything is in France’s favour, though, on what will be a white-hot occasion.

Eddie Jones’ team have not enjoyed a vintage campaign, losing to Scotland and Ireland, while edging past Wales despite conceding three tries and claiming a routine victory over Italy. They finished fifth in last season’s tournament and that could also be where they end up this time around, but their performance in adversity against Ireland will have given France plenty of food for thought. Despite having lock Charlie Ewels sent off inside two minutes, England’s 14 men were inspired, being level at 15-15 until their opponents pulled away late in the final quarter. England will need to go toe-to-toe

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