Munster v Leicester: Head to heads

Simon Lewis analyses the three key battles that could determine the winner at Thomond Park...

Conor Murray v Ben Youngs

The marquee match-up of the game pits two world-class, playmaking scrum-halves, each on top of their game and in tandem with in-form fly-halves Tyler Bleyendaal and Freddie Burns, respectively. Against the All Blacks in Chicago, Murray staked his claim to be the best number nine in the world with a virtuoso performance of quick-thinking, accuracy, and physicality while the smaller Youngs emerged from England’s November Tests as their man of the series as he steered his pack around Twickenham and brilliantly unleashed a devastating backline.