George Murray in touch but Craig Lee drops back in Strasbourg

FIFER George Murray is still in contention at the halfway stage in the Allianz Europen de Strasbourg.

The Scottish Challenge winner carded a second-round 69 for a halfway total of 136 and is sitting inside the top ten, five shots behind joint leaders Daniel Gault and Lorenzo Gagli.

After his opening 67, Craig Lee struggled to a 76 and just scraped into the last two rounds on 143 alongside Jack Doherty (72) and Scott Jamieson (71).