Murray's Six Nations record shows Wales way forward

Blair Murray beat 11 defenders in the Six Nations loss to Ireland

Blair Murray believes his record-breaking display for Wales summed up the team's new attacking confidence under interim boss Matt Sherratt.

The Scarlets full-back got the better of 11 players in the loss to Ireland, the most opponents beaten by a Wales player in the Six Nations.

His tally surpassed that of Scott Quinnell set 25 years ago against Italy - before Murray was even born.

"The message to the whole team was to back yourself," Murray told the latest Scrum V podcast.

"Matt said if you see space and you think it's a good idea then go for it and don't worry about the consequences if you stuff up."

Wales also set a new team best of 33 defenders beaten in a single Six Nations match.

"The game was just awesome with the confidence in the boys to throw the ball around," Murray added.

"We brought something we haven't shown over the last few games. We got the ball wide and that gave us back three players a chance."

Scott Quinnell's record of 10 players beaten against Italy in 2000 stood for 25 years

The game was Murray's first experience of a Six Nations game in Cardiff having only made his Test debut in November.

And despite suffering a 15th Test defeat in a row, Wales' performance against the defending champions offered a glimmer of optimism.

"The crowd was epic. I've never experienced anything like that," said Murray.

"I was stood in the backline with about 10 minutes to go and the whole place was shaking. I was trying to talk to people inside and outside me and I couldn't hear a thing. It was amazing."

Murray was part of an all-Scarlets back three - between wings Ellis Mee and Tom Rogers - who were singled out by Sherratt as among the most pleasing aspects of the game.

They are almost certain to face Scotland at Murrayfield on 8 March and Murray believes there is more to come - not least with more training sessions with the new head coach.

"We knew there would be changes last week and there was a lot of information coming from [Sherratt] but the detail made our lives easier. You saw that with the move for Tom Rogers' try," he said.

"Sherratt did great to get through all the stuff he wanted but I'm sure there's still a lot more to come and plenty to work on."