Andy Farrell praises Conor Murray and 'sensational' Peter O’Mahony

"Pete's been absolutely sensational since I gave him the news yesterday."

Andy Farrell has backed Conor Murray as his starting scrum-half to face Scotland this Saturday as doing what is right for Ireland.

Ireland’s new head coach resisted a strong groundswell of public and media opinion that Ulster’s John Cooney should have been handed the Test number nine shirt for the opening game of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations in Dublin this weekend given his red-hot form for his province this season.