McGeechan believes Wales will lose their Six Nations title to France

Sir Ian McGeechan accepts Wales will lose their Six Nations title to France - in view of Shaun Edwards.

Like Wales, Les Bleus have three home games in the forthcoming competition and will fancy their odds of exploiting..

Furthermore Lions legend Geech figures that run of games - Italy, Ireland and England in Paris, with away dates to Wales and Scotland - combined with the Edwards calculate puts them shaft position to grab the title.

Of Edwards' impact, McGeechan said: "It is difficult to exaggerate what an effect he has had.

"Shaun is exactly what France required. He is one of the most smart mentors you will meet however it is his the ability to understand people at their core however much his strategic insight that is so significant. That and his personality.

"At the point when you get the science right, that is the point at which the wizardry occurs - and that is what's going on with France."

Scottish couple Glasgow and Edinburgh are resting and recovering subsequent to rebuking European encounters - simply seven days in the wake of putting Welsh locales to the sword.

The pair conveyed a 72-29 pounding to Welsh rugby last end of the week, Glasgow pounding the Ospreys 38-19 and Cardiff crashing 34-10 to Edinburgh

It was a calming one-two punch for the Welsh sides only half a month out from the Six Nations Super Rugby Pacific online. Ridges meet the Scots in their second match of the competition.

However, seven days on it was Glasgow and Edinburgh who wound up on the less than desirable finish of awful outcomes.

Glasgow were pounded 52-17 in the Heineken Champions Cup by Exeter, implying that a triumph over La Rochelle at Scotstoun one weekend from now is vital to Danny Wilson's side's odds of arriving at the last 16.

Fly-half Ross Thompson said: "Collectively, we realize that exhibition wasn't intelligent of who we are collectively. We request a greater amount of ourselves and that begins this week. We're a group that value responding admirably."

Edinburgh followed their overcoming of Cardiff with 21-20 Challenge Cup rout to London Irish, discarding a 17-7 stretch lead.

Mentor Mike Blair said: "Now and then you learn more in shame than you do in triumph. We have a few unpracticed players in there and we will glean tons of useful knowledge from that. It will be great to see the response to this loss - perceive the amount we get ourselves."

The Scarlets were squashed by Top 14 association pioneers Bordeaux in France as they let in seven takes a stab at a troublesome evening.

Young person Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored a full go-around, with additional attempts from Cameron Woki, Geoffrey Cros, Maxime Lamothe, Nans Ducuing finishing the defeat.

Attempts from Liam Williams and Gareth Davies were of little comfort for the guests, whose sad lineout sabotaged their endeavors all through the match.

Leinster embarrassed an under-strength Montpellier to continue their Heineken Champions Cup crusade with a pounding 89-7 reward point succeed at the RDS Arena.

Notwithstanding some undeniable corrosion, Leinster took their reward point by the 23rd moment and drove 40-7 at half-time, with Masivesi Dakuwaqa summoning Montpellier's just reaction.

Jack Conan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ross Byrne, Ross Molony, Michael Ala'alatoa and Jordan Larmour all landed in the initial 40 minutes, with the territory's initial five transformations terminated over by fly-half Byrne.

Byrne completed the coordinate with 19 places and Jonathan Sexton kicked 10 as Leinster took their attempt take to 13.

Heineken star-of-the-match Josh Van Der Flier (2), Jimmy O'Brien, Dan Sheehan (2), Conan and James Lowe shared out the last part scores.

A withering Montpellier played the last 13 minutes without Fijian flanker Dakuwaqa, who was shipped off for a swinging arm tackle.

The scoreline implied they obscured their greatest European winning edge from 2003, a 92-17 triumph over Bourgoin.

Ireland prop rock Tadhg Furlong has given Andy Farrell a colossal physical issue stress in front of the Six Nations opener with Wales in only three weeks' time.

The a-list Lions tight-head limped out of Leinster's Heineken Cup triumph over Montpellier after only five minutes.

Furthermore albeit the degree of Furlong's calf injury isn't known at this stage, it leaves Ireland perspiring on a player many feel is their key man, even in front of captain Jonathan Sexton.

Farrell and Ireland fans will trust Furlong's constrained exit was simply preparatory, however he has obviously turned into an uncertainty for the Wales game in Dublin on February 5.

Assuming he is precluded, that would be a sledge disaster for Ireland.

One Irish news source reacted to news Furlong could be absent by alluding to Ireland's dazzling 29-20 win over New Zealand in the harvest time, saying he "was unshakable in the scrum, a man mountain in guard and made protectors miss in space like a winger."

Assuming Furlong is missing, Andrew Porter could get opposite loosehead to tighthead, which was his previous position.

That thus could see veteran Cian Healy brought back in at number one to clash with likely Wales starter Tomas Francis.

Leinster lead trainer Leo Cullen said of Furlong's physical issue: "We're trusting it's not really awful."