Murray: We'll treat England game as Test match

The heavy fitness work is over ahead of a first run of the summer, but even though the World Cup is still a month away, Conor Murray knows there is no such thing as preseason when it comes to playing England at Twickenham.

Like the rest of this Ireland squad currently training in the heat of Portugal’s Algarve this week, the Munster scrumhalf has plenty to prove before he gets on the plane for Japan and a World Cup pool opener against Scotland in Yokohama on September 22.