Murray praises Montauban men

Scottish international Murray was full of praise for his Montauban team mates after they pushed reigning Heineken Cup champions Munster all the way on their debut in the tournament, finally going down 19-17.

It took a 77th minute penalty from Ronan O'Gara to haul Munster back in front after Montauban had three times taken the lead in the match.

"It was pretty close and that's frustrating. It was pretty much an international team that we were playing," said Murray

"The Heineken Cup is a great challenge for us and the players are relishing the chance to pit themselves against the best teams in Europe.

"Our captain told us to go out there and scrap like mongrels for the ball and that's what we did. We wore our hearts on our sleeves out there."