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Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray says it is \u201cgreat\u201d to have his father back in good health and in France to cheer him on at his fourth \u2013 and probably final \u2013 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old\u2019s dad, Gerry, suffered serious injuries earlier this year after colliding with a truck while cycling in County Limerick.<\/p>\n
Murray emerged as a doubt for his country\u2019s Guinness Six Nations match with France following the incident in February but continued to play amid difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n
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Friends and family of the Munster star, including Gerry, will be in Nantes on Saturday evening to watch Ireland take on Tonga.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey\u2019re hugely excited, it\u2019s probably the last one (World Cup) as well so they\u2019re definitely making the most of it,\u201d said Murray, who has been selected to start at Stade de la Beaujoire.<\/p>\n
\u201cFriends are starting to come over this weekend, a few people have follow-your-team tickets and things like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad is on his way over on the ferry as we speak. He\u2019s in good health and he\u2019s back golfing and doing everything he loves. It\u2019s great that he\u2019s able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murray came off the bench in Ireland\u2019s opening Pool B match \u2013 a resounding 82-8 win over Romania in Bordeaux.<\/p>\n
He has been preferred to Jamison Gibson-Park this weekend and will partner fellow veteran Johnny Sexton at a fourth World Cup following their appearances in 2011, 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n
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The British and Irish Lion is excited by what Andy Farrell\u2019s side can potentially achieve during the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am really lucky to have made four,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen in every cycle that people fall out through injury or through favour or form.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a grateful one (feeling), I suppose. I\u2019m really lucky to be part of a squad, especially this one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve all been great craic and they have all been talented squads, but this one ticks a lot of those boxes, the camaraderie we have.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI hope that shows from the inside out, we\u2019re a really tight group and obviously with the potential we have.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I\u2019m) just excited to be part of the environment and excited about where we can go.\u201d<\/p>\n