My plan is
Dublin - Barcelona with Aer Lingus on Saturday morning
Train from Barcelona to Perpignan Saturday evening
Staying in an Ibis
Monday morning, early flight to Paris from Perpignan with Transavia
Home from Paris Monday night with Aer Lingus, so I get some pre-Christmas sightseeing in.

pinky wrote: Four months to go so the train tickets are available for the outward leg.
I booked the night train from Austerlitz at 21:22 on Friday if anyone else is coming on the Pinkygnan Express. €39 in first.

from experience heading to Brive, Austerlitz is a nice and tidy station, but there wasnt much in terms of shopping don't forget to pop into a store beforehand for grub/drinks (vin)

the route seems to go the coastal route from Montpelier, the scenery is stunning, so do wake up and enjoy the view

Four months to go so the train tickets are available for the outward leg.
I booked the night train from Austerlitz at 21:22 on Friday if anyone else is coming on the Pinkygnan Express. €39 in first.

Flights & hotel booked! Out Friday 13th & back Monday 16th from Barcelona and booked into Dali Hotel!

Note that this game coincides with the weekend that the European train timetables do their annual change. So you won't be able to book tickets (or even officially see the times) for the return trip until sometime in October. Though you can work on the assumption that they will be more or less the same as the previous week.
www.seat61.com/european-train-booking-ho...tm#Timetable_changes

Given the Sunday kickoff there's scope to take in another game. The only nearby options are Castres v Munster on Friday night or Montpellier v Ospreys Saturday lunchtime. Munster crowd will have all the rooms booked in Castres and not sure the Ospreys game would be worth it.
Beziers v Montauban in ProD2 might be better craic. An hour away. Fixture not confirmed but they tend to be Friday nights. Narbonne could be at home in the third tier, but those fixtures aren't out yet.

The Intercite de Nuit leaves Paris at 21:22 Friday and arrives at 08:37 so will probably jump on that.

Was trying to remember the Pubs we were in Pinky...

Pulled the trigger on this one.
Out With Aer Lingus on Saturday 14th and Back with Ryanair on Monday 16th to Barcelona.
Got a decent rate in the Mercure Perpignan, fairly central.

Train Timetable goes up to Saturday 15th December!!! So will give it a few more weeks.

Being right before Christmas makes this a bit more of a challenge logistically.

I've booked a twin in the Hotel Mondial for Sat/Sun, which is very handy for O'Flaherty's, which I believe is where we ended up last time based on the sticker on the bottom of my USAP pitcher.