Conor Murray has plenty of haters but Andy Farrell still rates him.
CONOR MURRAY HAS more than his fair share of haters but the one man whose opinion matters most holds the scrum-half in high esteem.Analysis and criticism of players’ performances are part of sport but things tipped overboard with regards to Murray a long time ago. The reaction to his latest performance in a green jersey has been perhaps the most hysterical yet. Murray was undoubtedly under-par against England last weekend but many of his team-mates were too.
Ireland head coach Farrell always seems bemused at how some of the Irish public view Murray. He sees a player who is Ireland’s best-ever scrum-half, a man with 115 caps who has won two Grand Slams, two other Six Nations titles, and been on three Lions tours, even captaining them in 2021. As well as being named in World Rugby’s team of the decade for 2010 to 2019, there have also been two URC/Celtic League trophies with Munster, with Murray starting both finals in 2011 and 2023.
“It’s certainly unfair because this is the way of the world and you’ll agree with me on this, that the more successful some people are, the more that people… I don’t what the word is other than get pissed off with success, longevity, people staying at the top as long as they possibly can,” says Farrell.
“I can only marvel at somebody like that and when you ask me to describe what I think of him it’s right there in all that, isn’t it? Murray had short stints off the bench against France and the Welsh of 10 and 11 minutes, respectively, but he had 30 minutes against the English.
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