Murphy back in business

JUST like buses, Geordan Murphy has been waiting for an opportunity to stake his claim in the Ireland team and then two come along at once.

He has knocked at the door of the Ireland team for so long since bursting on the scene in the English Premiership with Leicester only to repeatedly find his entry barred, by selectors and doctors in equal measure.

That the former should have stood in the 24-year-old’s way so often, restricting his mercurial talents at either full-back or wing to just 12 appearances since his international debut almost three years ago has been a cause for considerable consternation across the water, not least from his Leicester boss Dean Richards.