What an honour this is for the Ireland scrumhalf. Following a tumultuous day on the injury front for the Lions, it has been confirmed that Conor Murray is the new tour captain. Two new players have been called in as injury cover, too. The news comes after Alun Wyn Jones dislocated his shoulder in a […]

5 years ago

There is a zip gone in the pass and teams have cottoned on to it Conor Murray really had us spoiled for a while there. The Munster scrum-half handled himself well in his breakthrough season in Test rugby, 2011/12, and came of age on the summer tour to New Zealand. He never looked back. The […]

7 years ago

Not sure how much of Saturday evening’s game they were watching… The opening round of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations is in the record books and Scotland lead the way. Ireland, the 2018 Grand Slam champions, lie fifth after losing their opener to England. Wales and the Scots also won, over the weekend, so it […]

7 years ago

A damn good team, but one glaring omission. The end of the year has seen a stack of awards being handed out and ‘best player’ and ‘best team’ accolades being decided upon. Johnny Sexton has featured heavily in a lot of prize-giving and ‘Best Team’ categories. The World Rugby awards were close to a green […]

7 years ago

Tries for Kieran Marmion and Luke McGrath but Conor Murray is going to end up in a lot of headlines Joe Schmidt offered an interesting update on Conor Murray after Ireland’s 28-17 win over Argentina at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday afternoon. Following the game, in which Marmion, McGrath and Bundee Aki all […]

7 years ago

“France has a special place in my heart, in terms of rugby” Conor Murray is missing out on Ireland’s November Tests but he hopes to be back playing later this month and can still have a big say in Munster’s Champions Cup and Guinness PRO14 campaigns before the year is out. While most of us […]

8 years ago