Conor Murray says Springboks won’t scare CJ Stander

Conor Murray believes any intimidation targeted towards team-mate CJ Stander during Ireland’s Test series with South Africa this month will merely serve to motivate the Munster back row.

Stander, 26, will be one of three South African-born Irishmen alongside hooker Richardt Strauss and uncapped lock Quinn Roux due to touch down with Joe Schmidt’s squad in Cape Town this morning ahead of this Saturday’s first Test with the Springboks at Newlands.

Previous experience of those, including Strauss, who have left their homeland to play for another country through residency or ancestry is that the trio will get special treatment from the players they left behind.