New head coach or not, Murray in favour of sticking with current Munster gameplan

Murray played his first game under Costello’s charge last Saturday, playing the full 80 minutes in the vital win over Saracens as he returned from a hyper-extended elbow injury that had sidelined him since winning his 120th Ireland cap in November. 

Munster's Conor Murray. Pic: James Crombie/Inpho

Conor Murray has seen enough over 198 appearances for Munster to know anything is possible when it comes to the appointment of a new head coach but even a new permanent choice were to walk through the door on Monday he would urge the new boss not to tinker with the current gameplan.

Reading between the lines of the 35-year-old scrum-half’s media session on Tuesday, as Munster continued their preparation for a pool-deciding Champions Cup clash at Northampton Saints on Saturday, Murray would prefer to see current attack coach Mike Prendergast promoted to the top job as Graham Rowntree’s permanent replacement.