Conor Murray: ‘You can’t start slow, you can’t feel your way into the game’

Conor Murray has warned that Munster can ill afford yet another slow start when they begin their final bid for silverware at Thomond Park tomorrow.

In-form Edinburgh visit Limerick for the Guinness PRO14 semi-final qualifier as Munster aim to stamp out the individual errors that cost them a 21-3 lead inside 20 minutes to Racing 92 12 days ago, a desperately poor opening quarter to their Champions Cup semi-final that cost the province a first European final since 2008.

It leaves Johann van Graan’s side with one last shot of a first trophy since the Magners League title of 2011 and scrum-half Murray, set to return to the starting line-up alongside his fellow frontliners after being given last weekend off, believes a recent trend of playing catch-up rugby has to stop or there will be even more disappointment.