SATURDAY BRINGS THE most important game in Irish Rugby since 2009: France in Paris, a Six Nations Championship on the line.

But as if that, the hot breath of Paul O’Connell on your neck, the final appearance of Brian O’Driscoll and the lure of a rare piece of silverware was not enough to get every Irish rugby fan royally PUMPED about the 80-minutes ahead; we have a bit of score-settling to do with Les Bleus.

Here are seven more reasons to really, really, REALLY want to beat France.

Baguettes

What’s the big deal. It’s only bread. Sure, my granny used to make bread too.

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Croke Park… and all of 2007

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As commenter Seamus Dooley pointed out on Tuesday: Without Daft Punk there is no Get Lucky cover.

Their jibberish sounds better than our jibberish

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‘Comin’ over here stealing our women!’

Especially Will’s mam.

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… and (we’re led to believe) our horses, AND the butter!

Big hat-tip to Phil O’Meara for this one.

Need we remind you of this old chestnut?

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