The Ireland scrum-half was the target of abuse after his side's Six Nations defeat to England at Twickenham
Conor Murray has broken his silence on the excessive abuse he endured on social media following Ireland's Six Nations defeat to England.
Ireland failed to counter England's subsequent attacking move from the line-out, allowing Marcus Smith to boot home the winning drop goal. Days after, the team's head coach, Andy Farrell, publicly criticised the abusive backlash, while defence coach Simon Easterby confirmed that Murray's kick was a call made from the coaches' side lines.
"Chatting to Andy, we had a giggle about it , it was wild. Unfortunately, that's just the way the world is. But I was taken aback by it, the level of messages coming into my phone." "I genuinely just looked at a couple," he said. "I looked at my phone and it just flooded up with messages. It was just, 'f***ing hell' and then I just deleted all at the bottom.
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