Conan admits Irish back row will look to pressure Kinghorn, the Scottish greenhorn

Ready to roll: Jack Conan during Ireland rugby squad training at Carton House this week. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

A penny for the thoughts of the Ireland back row right now.

Gregor Townsend’s decision to drop Finn Russell to the bench and promote Blair Kinghorn to starting out-half has changed the expected discourse a handful of days out from the Scottish side’s Six Nations date in Dublin.