'We are going out to France to fight and to win' - Greg McWilliams

Greg McWilliams reckons France are there for the taking but the only demand that he'll place on his players is that they "fight" to be in the game.

The odds are stacked against Ireland for their second TikTok Women’s Six Nations game tomorrow (2.15pm, live on RTÉ2).

They have never beaten Les Bleues away in the tournament, are in the middle of a transition under a new coach and face a team that has won 20 of its last 21 Six Nations games at home, the last three on an aggregate score of 137-16.

Coaches Annick Hayraud and Thomas Darracq have made seven changes to the side that beat Italy 39-6 last Sunday, while Ireland remain unchanged from the team that lost 27-19 to Wales in front of a record 6,113 crowd at the RDS.

"They have power and pace, particularly when they play at home, they get good energy off the crowd so they are going to come at us from all angles," said head coach McWilliams

"It’s important for us that we can improve on our performance from last week but also be in the game, like to start trading blows is important for us.

"I want to be clear about this, the support last week was incredible from the public.

"But we want to be respected. It’s not about being liked. The only way to get that respect is when people see you working bloody hard to get better and to fight for everyone.

"If you have that fight in France and you stick to that plan, well I’ll be happy with that. That’s all I ask for and the result will look after itself.

"We are in transition, there is lots going on and we’re trying to get tighter all the time. We’ve a lot of people working very hard at that. The goal is still to win.

"There is only so much 'You did great, you were good for 60 minutes.’

"So we want to be winning. We need to keep learning all