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11th March 2016
05:40pm GMT

"I've seen fellas I've played with, underage, get serious eye injuries and their rugby careers suffered because of it. "It is probably a sensitive issue for me to talk about but it is for the powers-that-be to recognise that and make [ruck clearing] safer for the future."
"Because I've had my friend, Ian, go through something nasty like that," Murray added, "I'm quite sensitive about it. I can see how easy [these injuries] can happen.
"It is within the laws so I've nothing against Mike Brown because he was fully in his rights to do that. Whether it was reckless or not, that's up to others to judge.
"But, for the future and the safety of people's eyes, it doesn't take much to do damage there so it probably has to be looked it."
Murray revealed Brown approached him after the game to apologise and to shake his hand.
Murray, as he said, was lucky. Life and rugby moves on and the scrumhalf is targeting a first Ireland win of 2016, against Italy, on Saturday.

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