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Published 14:17 16 Mar 2017 GMT
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"We fitness tested him today and just felt that he wasn't going to be quite 100%. "Not that he couldn't function, just that once contact came back in and he got more bruising on top of bruising on that shoulder, we just felt that if we lost him early in the game, then you're vulnerable.He continued, "[Without Murray], you lose his experience of 56 caps. You lose his calm... you lose a defender who is incredibly good at organising other people and himself." Iain Henderson has been selected on form, with Devin Toner benched, but the news on Rob Kearney [replaced by Jared Payne] was not so good. Schmidt said: "Rob Kearney has a knee injury and is unavailable to train... He's going to see a specialist... It's something that needs further investigation and hopefully won't be too serious. One hopes that Kearney's season will not be impacted too much by his latest injury blow.""It's a fantastic opportunity for Kieran Marmion."
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