England no show was ‘a blip’, says Murray

Twelve days on from Twickenham, the bounce is back and so is the determination to sign off for Japan on a positive note this Saturday so Conor Murray can put Ireland’s England hammering down to a mere blip.

Murray was one of the Irish first-teamers whose first run of the summer ended in disaster two weeks ago as England racked up a record 57-15 score at Twickenham but the scrum-half believes the corner has been turned and Joe Schmidt’s narrowed-down World Cup squad is back on the front foot following an encouraging rebound win in Cardiff last weekend.