In the professional era, there is a common denominator that suggests France and Ireland might be worth backing In the professional era, there is a common denominator that suggests France and Ireland might be worth backing A ll that performance data, all those fixture permutations. All the gym sessions and marginal selections. Not to mention all those finger-in-the-wind tournament previews. But what if identifying the winner of the 2026 Six Nations basically involves overlooking all of that –