Murray: We have a bounce back in our step

What’s the panic, lads? While brows became fevered at Ireland’s stuttering Guinness Six Nations title defence and the form of its star scrum-half, Conor Murray always knew he and his team were never that far away from regaining their momentum. Last Sunday, in a first-half demolition of France that led to a 26-14 bonus-point victory, the rest of us caught up to his way of thinking.

And though there will need to be further improvement over 80 minutes to offer an adequate challenge to Wales’s Grand Slam chasers in Cardiff this Saturday, Murray is confident Ireland have shown enough form to have cleared the hump and emerged from the slump.