VI Nations tournament: “The chip is a little big”, the Blues not convinced by the connected mouthguard. “I would have preferred that we offered it to volunteers’, says Toulouse full-back Thomas Ramos.

Made to measure, with an impression taken for each player and integrated Bluetooth, each mouthguard costs 250 euros, partly financed by World Rugby which has invested nearly a million euros to support federations and clubs. The Blues who face Ireland on Friday evening, their first match since their elimination in the quarter-final of the World Cup against South Africa.