Conor Murray ready to face France after father seriously injured in collision

GOOD TO GO: Conor Murray during the Ireland rugby captain's run at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Ireland expect to line out as named against France at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday with Conor Murray among the players to have taken part in the squad’s ‘captain’s run’ training session at the Dublin venue on Friday morning.

Murray’s father Gerry suffered a serious injury in a road accident earlier this week and was subsequently taken to Cork University Hospital, but Ireland scrum coach John Fogarty confirmed that the scrum-half will be starting the Six Nations tie this weekend.