Steep learning curve but Murray loving it

MUNSTER scrum-half Conor Murray may have come to rugby late but he is wasting no time making his mark on the sport.

Murray, who turned 22 late last month, only started playing at the age of 13 but the former St Munchin’s student has a first professional contract to look forward to next season having graduated from the Munster Academy with flying colours, and making the most of his elevation to the first-team squad in recent months.

Murray’s first taste of Thomond Park in a senior Munster jersey was as a replacement in the victory over Australia last November and he has stayed in Tony McGahan’s Magners League squad since, with notable starts in the recent victories over Leinster and Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final opponents Brive.