Conor Murray: Calm Through the Storm

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Settle in, Dream Team! This is one of GBR’s longest and most in-depth episodes, featuring Irish and Lions legend Conor Murray. Known for his humble demeanour and cool head amidst the storms of professional rugby, Murray, offers a truly insightful look back. He shares candid reflections on three British & Irish Lions tours and four Rugby World Cups. Discover the fascinating dynamic of playing alongside, the likes of Johnny Sexton & Owen Farrell. Plus, the team dives deep into the latest Lions tour action, injury updates, and genius of Andy Farrell and Joe Schmidt. Season 5 is Sponsored by Continental Tyres 00:00:00 🛞 Meet Conor Murray 00:04:14 🔁 R360 Update 00:27:21 🦁 2013: First Time Lion 00:30:17🏉 2017: Lions No.9 00:35:24🤝 Playing with Sexton & Farrell 00:42:00 🔴 Captaining the Lions 00:51:00👋 Leaving Munster 01:03:16🌱 Peter O'Mahony: Lawn Perfectionist 01:06:05🕊 Axel Foley Tribute 01:10:00☘️ Greatest Days in Green 01:15:00🏆 Winning Down Under 01:18:45💔 World Cup Hurt 01:23:34🦁 Lions Team v Reds ⌚WOB Group Competition - https://forms.gle/FgVKoWvgCQB7b4PL7 🦁O’Neill’s Live Show - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gbr-x-oneills-mens-lions-preview-show-tickets-1408518439569?aff=oddtdtcreator 🇦🇺Sydney Live Show https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-%E2%80%93-live-show/181667?previewId=A6935A80-427F-11F0-B10D-EFE2262313DD 🧡 GBR Tour https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we are honored to welcome a true great of our game. Connor Murray, how are you?
0:04.5	Very well, thank you. You get to put on that jersey is genuinely something that I'll never
0:08.6	forget. You played the barbarians. It went in. Some sort of barbarians. Gats just kicks me
0:14.8	in the ankle and it was like kind of a chat. We think you're the best man. Will you captain?
0:19.0	In my head I was like nearly going to say no
0:21.7	because I felt so overwhelmed by it.
0:24.2	Some lads are like you were captain for five minutes, like relax.
0:27.0	Your best days in the Six Nations?
0:28.7	Paddy's Day, away to England in 2018.
0:31.0	You're welcome.
0:31.5	Sorry.
0:31.9	I think that was the last game Haske ever played for England as well.
0:34.7	That was the final day on this conference.
0:36.5	Thank God. It was really important that I got to go out on my own terms, wearing the jersey.
0:42.0	125 caps.
0:42.8	You know, you need a lot of look along the way as well.
0:44.8	Into the final moments, Alex Payne trying to keep this side going forward.
0:48.5	Haskell takes it on now.
0:49.6	It's just relentless chat largely about himself. And there's Tyndall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories.
0:57.1	That is how you podcast.
1:00.4	Hello, Dream Team.
1:01.5	Welcome along to this week's episode of The Good, the Bad, and the Rugby proudly sponsored, as always, by our very good friends at Continental Tires, the Official Tire Partner for England Rugby.
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