Scrum Half is a huge problem position for Ireland, Murray is ok but very overrated. France, England and Scotland all have better first choice, in form Phillips is better but whether or not Phillips will be in form any time soon is a different question altogether. Behind Murray we're in the **** for now, Marmion is looking like he could do a job within two years but not now and Reddan and Boss are on the way out. (Although I still prefer Reddan, he improved the pace of the game immensely against Castres) Murray had a good Lions tour but as stated it was against B rate sides with 10 minute cameos in the tests. His 6 nations wasn't great for me. He was good against Wales but that was really the Johnny Sexton show, he was good against France but his performance was taken incredibly out of proportion by the media and he was **** against Scotland and Italy, he allowed Jackson to play 10-15 metres deep which you cannot do as a 9, if he'd taken on responsibility like people have said Jackson would have looked a whole lot less awful! He allowed him to play deep, there seemed to be no communication between the two of them and the only time Ireland got past the gain line against was when Ian Madigan took it sprinting off Murray at his own accord.
Murray is good and all we've got currently but the sooner we get someone to challenge him the better, he's not consistent enough to get through a full international season without one or two costly howlers.
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