Shaun Williams was on the pitch the last time Declan Rice came up against Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann.
But the Dubliner won’t be cheering for his former teammate when he takes on France tonight.
Williams made his Ireland debut as an 80th minute substitute in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Les Bleus in Paris, a month before Mbappe helped fire Didier Deschamps’ side to 2018 World Cup glory.