Six Nations will go down to the wire as players across the British Isles continue to put up their hands to tour Australia in the winter, while a former Balmain Tiger said he'd swim Down Under if he gets the chance to tour.

Chapeau Fabien. Chapeau Les Blues. This was the moment when France finally shrugged off their World Cup blues, which had lingered for far too long. On the evidence of this display, France look unstoppable.

What France, Ireland and England need to win the championship - Ireland had their hopes of an historic third straight outright Six Nations title dented by defeat to France

Italy make six changes following the heavy defeat by France. London-born winger Matt Gallagher makes his Six Nations debut in place of Simone Gesi. Monty Ioane returns after missing out against Les Bleus because of injury, meaning Ange Capuozzo moves to full-back and Tommasso Allan drops to the bench.

England kept themselves in Guinness Six Nations title contention after beating Italy 47-24 in bonus-point fashion at Allianz Stadium. A five-point maximum took Steve Borthwick's team above Ireland and into second place behind France ahead of the so-called Super Saturday finale next weekend.

Ireland and France coaches Simon Easterby and Fabien Galthie make risky selections and bench calls ahead of Saturdays crunch Six Nations meeting in Dublin; Englands Steve Borthwick says Marcus Smith w

He believes that the player has "impact" and can be unleashed from the bench when there is fatigue on the pitch. Read more at straitstimes.com.