Conor Murray ready to go the extra green mile in Ireland's World Cup matches

Conor Murray has prepared himself to play a role in all of Ireland’s World Cup matches, with just two specialist scrum-halves in Joe Schmidt’s squad.

Lions number nine Murray may take a seat on the bench for Sunday’s Wembley clash with Romania, with Eoin Reddan likely to step up to keep both men fresh.

Fly-half Ian Madigan is head coach Schmidt’s emergency scrum-half, but Murray is happy to keep ploughing away to alleviate any undue pressures on the Ireland squad.