Kieran Marmion: Small guy hitting new heights

When you meet Kieran Marmion up close, your initial thought is how his parents ever let him on a rugby field, at least without being wrapped in bubble wrap.

But watching the diminutive scrum-half run, pass, tackle – and how does he like a tackle – against England on Saturday, your preconceptions are banished and erased.

The 5’10” Connacht scrumhalf may not be Conor Murray, but he never said he would be. He’s Kieran Marmion, plays like him and wants to be the best Kieran Marmion there can be.