Munster sweat on Murray scan results

Munster are sweating on the results of a medical scan on Conor Murray’s neck injury ahead of their do-or-die European Champions Cup clash at Saracens this Saturday.

Anthony Foley’s side have to win in north London this weekend if they are to remain in the hunt for a quarter-final place for the 15th time in 16 seasons and Ireland and Lions scrum-half Murray will be crucial to fulfilling those ambitions in this penultimate pool encounter at Allianz Park.

Yet the first-choice number nine missed training at the University of Limerick yesterday, with head coach Foley saying Murray only participated in an organisational walk-through having injured his neck in contact as he scored a try in the Pro12 victory at Zebre last Saturday.