The Limerick man, who has loved 'Zombie' booming out around the World Cup stadia at the final whistle, has a real desire to make Saturday only the latest special night at the Stade de France in these finals, not the last one.
Asked if it was fair to say that the All Blacks - Ireland's World Cup quarter-final opponents - are not as good as they used to be, Murray played the straightest of straight bats.READ MORE: Andy Farrell: 'It's time that Ireland had a superiority complex'"I'm around long enough to know how good they are and how they can hurt after a defeat or if people are criticising them.
"To get to that point would be everything. This weekend is the biggest game I've ever played and it's the same for everyone in the group."Breaking the quarter-final isn't something we talk about. It's cliched but game by game, we're focusing on the next moment. This time, however, it feels a lot different on the back of the 2022 summer series win in New Zealand, the Grand Slam success that followed and the 17 match winning streak."Yes, I suppose," said Murray. "Yes is the short answer."I suppose the level of performance we’ve been able to achieve, and the big wins and things like that - yes, is the short answer.
"But I suppose if you were to think about it, what we'd like, I would assume there is a bit of respect there over the last number of years. "They've grown their game, learned from that series and if you stand still as a team in the modern era you're going to get left behind, so both teams have developed.
Murray has a real desire to make Saturday only the latest special night at the Stade de France in these finals, not the last one. "We stay outside of Paris a little bit, and getting the bus into the stadium on match days is spine tingling.
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