How Lions rollercoaster has given Conor Murray a new sense of calm

The Lions tour, Conor Murray said, 'had every type of emotion throughout the eight weeks'

Conor Murray during Ireland training at Carton House. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

It was during a tumultuous British & Irish Lions tour in South Africa this summer that Conor Murray described his experience as a “rollercoaster” of emotions.

Yet on reflection the Munster and Ireland star now believes those two months that saw him, amongst other things, elevated to the captaincy for a time, then fail to make the opening Test starting line-up, has brought the scrum-half both calmness and resilience which will stand him in good stead for the rest of his life.