Lions scrumhalf Morne van den Berg is excited and fired up to go head to head with Irish legend Conor Murray in the URC on Saturday.
It will be a great chance for both Van den Berg and Nohamba to test themselves against some of the best halfbacks that Ireland has to offer.
Van den Berg will continue his impressive halfback partnership with Sanele Nohamba this weekend and they face a very tough challenge against Murray, who has over a hundred caps for Ireland, as well as in-form flyhalf Jack Crowley and up and coming scrumhalf Craig Casey.So it will be a great encounter for both Van Den Berg and Nohamba to test themselves against some of the best halfbacks that Ireland has to offer.
“He has over a hundred caps for Ireland and has been on the scene for a while. So it is a challenge I am really looking forward to and it should be good.”is also looking forward to seeing Murray, who he played against many times over his career, and admitted that he will be one of the key cogs in the Munster backline.
Although the Lions enjoyed a big morale boosting win over Leinster in their previous match, Van Den Berg said that they had to go back to the drawing board as Munster were a different challenge that they had to be prepared for.
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