Joe Schmidt is backing Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton to shake off the rust and to be the ‘competitive animals’ Ireland need to face down Scotland at Murrayfield tomorrow. “I think they are class players and class is permanent,” Schmidt said at yesterday’s team announcement. “Form can be temporary and coming back after not having played in a month, a player might be a bit rusty. A player who has had a longer lay-off and is getting back to their rhythm, he might be a bit rusty. "You know that the more time they get the more likely they are to start to really demonstrate that and run the game for us.”

Source: Irish Examiner February 08, 2019 02:58 UTC