Former Irish international Jamie Heaslip joined Friday's Off the Ball to look back at his career which was cut short by injury.

Despite missing out on being involved in the current set-up, he has been impressed with how the team have preformed and expects them to finish the job on Saturday.

"I think so. I haven't seen what the bookies and all them are saying but my gut says 'yeah,'" he told Nathan.  

"Ever since Johnny smashed that drop-goal after god knows how any phases - it showed a real resilience. 

"I mean, Ireland weren't that great in that game. They didn't create a whole lot of opportunity. France scored pretty easily, in my opinion, and Ireland didn't really threaten a whole lot. 

"But, to show that resilience, to go the way they did - to go 41 phases - whatever about the drop-goal, that was balls of steel by Johnny. If he misses that - he gets slated but he nails it. 

"He misses one earlier in the game but he nails it. 

"Nobody goes on about Hendy getting that drop kick, the cross-field kick to Earls and the balls to go for that cross-field kick. The plays by the lads - that would have been energy-sapping - energy sapping!

"And, for them to work themselves into that position - you could see it - working themselves into the middle and staying in the middle channel.

"And ever since that moment - this team are in a good place. They're in a really good place and it's all about momentum in the 6 nations," he added.

Ireland travel to Twickenham on St. Patrick's Day looking to win only a third ever Grand Slam and extend their winning run to 12 consecutive matches.