O’Driscoll: Murray is ready for the big stage

Ireland skipper Brian O’Driscoll believes Conor Murray will be able to make the step up on his first international start against the US Eagles at Yarrow Stadium in Taranaki on Sunday.

Murray’s meteoric rise from Munster squad player to international starter has been prominent for some time, but there are many who fell that perhaps it is too soon to blood an inexperienced, if prodigious young talent. O’Driscoll, however, thinks Murray will adapt to the pace of international rugby quickly.