9 lives: Murray and Youngs look for spring spark

Murray and Youngs look for spring spark Ireland expects when it comes to Conor Murray, but there’s less certainty in the England camp that Ben Youngs can ignore poor recent club form and produce his Six Nations best, writes Simon Lewis.

An English scrum-half struggling for form and Ireland’s star number nine still working his way back to his optimum level post-injury. Not every head-to-head at Aviva Stadium this evening will be a showdown between players at the peak of their powers, but Peter Stringer would not swap Conor Murray for any of the scrum-halves at the disposal of Ireland and England in this Guinness Six Nations opener.