France scrum-half, Morgan Parra claims that Ireland are a team of cheats ahead of Saturday’s crucial 6 Nations clash in Paris. Parra says that he’s ‘not impressed’ by the Ireland team and is adamant that their unbeaten run will come to an end at the Stade de France. “The Irish have a great team, with a Munster spine, but I am not impressed,” he said. “We can be by certain players but not in general by their team. How many matches have they gone without defeat? Twelve, 13? Well fine, that will finish at 12 this Saturday. To win you shouldn’t respect your opponents too much. If you respect them too much, if there’s too much admiration, then we can’t be above them. Personally I don’t have admiration for anyone I’ll be facing. But careful, that doesn’t prevent respect. They have gone 12 matches without defeat after all. But it’s respect not admiration.” After reviewing video footage of the Irish defence, the Clermont half-back also claims that there isn’t a moment when Declan Kidney’s side are not cheating. “They cheat every weekend,” he said. “So that won’t be a surprise. They have experienced players who can do so. We dissected the video very well. There’s not a moment when they’re not cheating. They have a great defence. (They’re) cheating, but intelligently cheating. It’s very well done. If we did the same thing, we would be punished each time. But instead they’re the least penalised team in the tournament, which is very impressive.”