Now the rest of the world knows what we know… Conor Murray is a god

The All Blacks do not lose very often - but when they do Conor Murray plays a part.

The Munster and Ireland scrum-half is the best scrum-half in the world - some may have stumped for Aaron Smith before Saturday morning's epic 24-21 second Test victory. Some may have been wrong, but they know now. The Limerick man is the complete number 9 and to prove it he showed a step and a swerve to score the decisive try in Wellington's Cake Tin. https://twitter.com/C_BDingwall/status/881078138557607937 But that was just the icing on the cake of a superb 80 minutes, where the 28-year-old set the tempo and kept his head even as his Lions team-mates were losing their head and giving Jerome Garces a whistling workout. He kicked magnificently, he passed accurately and, after being a little sluggish to some rucks in Eden Park, he was where he had to be for 80 minutes of an intense battle. In the final 20 minutes the scrum-half took control of a game that seemed to be going against the tourists. Just as he did in Chicago. when Ireland famously ended the All Blacks' 18-game unbeaten run, Conor Murray was the scourge of New Zealand. Now the whole world knows that Conor Murray is the real deal. https://twitter.com/MartinBashir/status/881082273675841536 https://twitter.com/MrNiallMcGarry/status/881082192755032066 https://twitter.com/hicksimon/status/881083280707244032 https://twitter.com/sean_ocathain/status/881082406102601729 https://twitter.com/TheSmiths1986/status/881082624273518593 https://twitter.com/DevlinPD/status/881081878400335872 https://twitter.com/stephenblevins9/status/881081858792058880 https://twitter.com/EmilyMortell/status/881081603656736769 https://twitter.com/wmaspeterbowles/status/881078734291439616 Roll on Auckland next Saturday!