France have offered Ireland an opportunity to host matches in the 2007 Rugby World Cup if their bid is successful, FFR chairman Bernard Lapasset announced this morning.
Scotland and Wales also have the chance to become involved.
"There will be three first phase matches in Ireland, three in Scotland, three in Wales and a quarter-final will also be played in Wales," he told a press conference.
He did not say if the Irish, Scottish and Welsh federations had accepted his offer.
He said he was he was forbidden to go into details by International Rugby Board confidentiality rules.
The FFR is competing with England to host the tournament.
England have included Wales and Scotland in their bid and claim they could deliver 50 percent more commercial revenue than France. Both England and France were told to re-submit their bids last November.
England have proposed a June-July tournament while France, who originally wanted a September-October exclusively in France, have now scheduled an October to November event.
Both France and England are proposing a 20-team, 48-match tournament.
The International Rugby Board will examine the two bids and take a decision by April 10th.
There are 21 votes at stake. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand have two votes each. Canada, Argentina, Japan and Italy have one vote each, as does the International Amateur Rugby Federation FIRA.
France, Scotland, Ireland and Wales were given matches when England hosted the 1991 World Cup and the first three plus England were given matches when Wales staged the 1999 tournament.
This year's tournament in Australia runs from October 10th to November 22nd. New Zealand lost their co-host status for the 2003 tournament last April.