Murray yearns to be a young buck in high-potential Ireland side

Conor Murray has been channelling his inner Cher in expressing his wish to turn back time.

ELDER STATESMAN: Conor Murray sits for a portrait during an Ireland rugby media conference. Pic: Harry Murphy, Sportsfile

What Conor Murray would give to be a younger man, playing in an Ireland side he believes has so much more potential to realise.

The 34-year-old, expected to earn his 114th Ireland cap when Andy Farrell names his matchday squad for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations home clash with Wales, has had a playing career most contemporaries could only dream about.