Conor Murray on ‘dangerous’ Glasgow approach - 'I’m properly pissed off about that'

Conor Murray has hit out at Glasgow’s “unsafe” and “very dangerous” targeting of his standing leg as he kicked from the base of rucks during Munster’s Champions Cup victory at Scotstoun last Saturday.

Murray has also been at the centre of a controversy concerning Munster’s treatment of his suspected head injury during the same game, following a clash of heads with the Warriors’ Tim Swinson. The 27-year-old has been cleared to play this Saturday’s Pool 1 finale against Racing 92 at Thomond Park, having proved symptom-free of concussion, following what he believes was medical care “above and beyond” World Rugby’s Head Injury Assessment guidelines, though Champions Cup organisers EPCR have convened an Untoward Incident Review Group to investigate the province’s procedures in dealing with the issue.

Yet, the scrum-half believes he escaped a serious knee injury in the wake of what he perceived as Glasgow’s targeting of him as he attempted to execute box kicks from the back of rucks.