Murray brothers provide Connacht with badly needed good news story

The brothers hail from a GAA stronghold in south Roscommon but have progressed rapidly through Buccaneers and into Connacht and Irish underage teams

BROTHERS IN ARMS: Connacht players and brothers Darragh, right, and Niall Murray walk out before the United Rugby Championship between Leinster and Connacht at the RDS. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Good news stories have been thin on the ground in Connacht this season but the emergence of 21-year old Darragh Murray to partner his older brother Niall in the second row has been a great boost, according to head coach Pete Wilkins.

The brothers hail from a GAA stronghold in south Roscommon — they both played Gaelic football for St Brigid’s in Kiltoom as did Connacht captain Jack Carty — but have progressed rapidly through Buccaneers and into Connacht and Irish underage teams.