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Joey Carbery sat down with RTÉ Rugby analyst Bernard Jackman in a coffee shop close to Bordeaux Begles' training ground earlier this week, relaxed and contemplative.

The 29-year-old moved to France last summer after six years at Munster and has no regrets. And he has inside knowledge on the sort of challenge Ireland can expect at Aviva Stadium on Saturday when they take on France with a championship on the line.

He plays with wings Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Damian Penaud at Bordeaux and knows exactly the sort of damage they can do.

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"It was a huge opportunity for me that I thought was right for me at the time," he said when reflecting on that move to Bordeaux.

"It's a beautiful place to live as well. It's a great city. So yeah, it was great rugby opportunity, but also lifestyle opportunity. I think as rugby players, we miss out on J1s, we miss out on the whole college experience, getting away and living in a different country for a few years.

"So being able to live somewhere else for us, in our time, in our lives, it was a good opportunity."

Day to day he's getting an up-close look at a couple of French threats who are capable of doing real damage at Lansdowne Road.

"It's crazy," Carbery warned. "I suppose it's a blessing for me when you see them on the wings. I think they're incredible players.

"You look at Bielle-Biarrey. Sometimes he scores tries in training when it's just tip and no one puts a hand on him and you're just like, 'how does this happen?' And then Penaud seems to always