The talking points ahead of today’s crunch Ireland -France test Ireland’s season is on the line today – and coach Andy Farrell knows it. By Garry Doyle Sunday 14 Feb 2021, 12:11 PM Feb 14th 2021, 7:31 AM 19,149 Views 15 Comments Updated Feb 14th 2021, 12:11 PM Can Billy Burns get over last week’s nightmare? It is 10 years since an Irish side last appeared in a Six Nations game without either Johnny Sexton or Conor Murray in their starting line-up which is so long ago that it preceded the start of Billy Burns and Jamison Gibson-Park’s professional careers. They’ve come a long way since, geographically at least: Gibson-Park starting life as a pro at Taranaki, Burns as a Cherry-and-White at Gloucester. Ten years and just ten caps later, they’re here, in Dublin, in the white heat of a Six Nations Test with questions hanging over each of them.