Six Nations 2026: “He can pull a rabbit out of the hat” – Jack Conan on Finn Russell

The winner of the Dublin match, which starts at 14:10 GMT, faces a tense wait to find out whether he has won the tournament, as leaders and favorites to win the title, France, host England in their final match at 20:10.

Coonan said his side should not make too much talk about the tournament and should instead focus on continuing their 11-game winning streak over Scotland in all competitions and retaining the Triple Crown.

He added: “All of this is out of our hands, so we will control what we can and focus on giving the best possible performance and if everything else goes our way great, but we have to worry about ourselves and what we have to do first and foremost.”

The 33-year-old, who said it was “a shame to miss one of the biggest days in the history of Irish sport” after he was forced to withdraw through illness ahead of their record 42-21 win away to England at Allianz Stadium, urged his side to be better than they were against Steve Borthwick’s side in order to overcome Scotland.

“We need to be at our best and we need to move on from performance levels even from Twickenham because we haven’t gone as far as we did that day, so this is a big challenge for us to be better again than we were then.”