Wary Murray says Scarlets have thrown down the gauntlet

CONOR MURRAY’S elevation to the Irish World Cup squad was one of the fairytale stories of the year and the talented scrum-half gives Munster clubmate Ronan O’Gara most of the credit for helping him integrate into the squad.

After a whirlwind six months on the international front and an exciting start to the Heineken Cup, the pair join forces again as Munster get back on the cup trail against Scarlets on Saturday.

Murray is confident of an extended campaign, declaring: “We’re going pretty well, obviously we’re doing okay in the Rabo, we’re in amongst the top four and the last two weeks in the Heineken Cup were very important, getting the late wins. We would be in a very different situation if we didn’t get them with the last minute drop goals.”