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Published 12:19 16 Feb 2015 GMT
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'There was talk about that, but Johnny is a big lad. He's well able to look after himself and he doesn't shy away from anything like that. If he heard that during the week it probably revved him up a little bit more, to get a bit more out of himself.'While Ireland captain Paul O'Connell expressed his disappointment that Ireland could not finish the French off in the final 20 minutes, England raced in 19 points in the closing stages against Italy. Murray commented, 'We will have a good long look at England this week. We have a two week lead up to the game against them which is plenty of time to get to know them and see where they are strong. We had a tough start in Italy, a 23-point margin isn't too bad. 'We came up against a really good French team that stuck it to us all through the game and we have to be proud of ourselves that way.'
Joe Schmidt believes Ireland's first two performances would not be enough to turn England over. Murray, for his part, is expecting a very tight game on March 1.
'It's going to be a really hard fought, intense game and we are going to have to lift it up again. Being a bit biased on my role, our exiting needs to be a little bit better. We need to be able to contest the likes of Mike Brown, Anthony Watson and Jonny May in the air. If they get long balls kicked to them and they run it back, they can be lethal.
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