Conor Murray

That the Ireland scrumhalf was able to play against France, let alone put in the display he did, makes it one of his greatest individual performances

Home side’s success may well turn on attacking waves off lightning quick ball, but visitors capable and more than able

The Munster scrumhalf will start against France on Saturday after a traumatic few days

Scrum coach John Fogarty says there was never talk of standing down scrumhalf after his father suffered serious injuries while cycling

Gerry Murray was cycling on the N20 near Patrickswell when his bike and a truck collided on Tuesday afternoon

Head coach places his trust in inexperienced talent as Conor Murray and Keith Earls miss out

Joey Carbery forms exciting 10-12 axis with Crowley as Jack O’Donoghue returns to the backrow

Ryan Baird, Joe McCarthy and Ciarán Frawley all to miss Saturday’s Fiji clash

Conor Murray will win his 100th cap for Ireland when he lines out at scrumhalf against South Africa

Robert Baloucoune and Garry Ringrose the other changes to side that won third Test against New Zealand

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

How the Ireland squad fared during their series-clinching victory in Wellington

Johann van Graan’s side will not return to Thomond Park this season

Munster will now travel to play Ulster in URC quarter-finals with Leinster hosting Glasgow

The club’s history and ambition has always been to reach for the stars and not pick over glorious defeats

David Power’s side will face Limerick in the provincial semi-finals

Seán Moran and Malachy Clerkin review the prospects across the provinces

Munster have lost on their last four visits to Belfast dating back to October 2016

Peter O’Mahony and Joey Carbery play key roles as Exeter put to the sword

All metrics point to a tight second-leg encounter against the English side

Johann van Graan happy with changes made to breakdown and scrum after poor first half

Munster should have been dead and buried at half-time against Exeter but weren’t

Leo Cullen’s side now 10 points clear after dominant display over great rivals

A win for Munster in URC encounter would be timely with Champions Cup tie coming up

After a slow burn, newest recruits from South Africa are making their presence felt

Carbery, Kilcoyne, Murray and O’Mahony all in line for duty in front of Thomond Park faithful

McFarland picks Ireland internationals for tour while Jenkins returns for Munster

Irish scrumhalf says: ‘When you’re used to starting for a good while that’s still the aim’

‘I wanted us to have something to show for all our hard work over the last few weeks’

Conor Murray try completes comfortable victory to secure first silverware won on home soil since 2004

Prospect of Triple Crown will keep players’ focus on Scotland and not on Paris outcome

Canberra-born prop was seeing his parents for the first time in two-and-a-half years

Tomás McCann’s first-minute penalty set the tome at Corrigan Park

Scrumhalf has replaced Murray as preferred Irish No 9 and thrives in high-tempo rugby

Ireland head coach names a settled XV with a number of players returning from injury

Andy Farrell picks an experienced team for Saturday’s trip to Twickenham

Internationals will be available for Munster’s clash with Dragons at the weekend

Youngster hopes to have impressed Farrell enough to earn selection for England clash

‘I would love to see Joey get a bit more game-time, not necessarily just this weekend’

Irish coach’s promise to bring emerging players into the squad yielding rewards