Weeks.

Conor Murray says he has no regrets when it comes to how he’s handled his current injury with the Ireland scrumhalf refusing to disclose any details regarding the issue.

Murray hasn’t played this season and last took to the field in Ireland colours for the third Test against Australia back in June.

The lack of information has led to a lot of speculation, but Murray has admitted he is now only a matter of “weeks” away from finally returning.

“We’re nearly there, it’s been a frustrating injury,” he told RTÉ Sport at the launch of Pinergy’s #WeAre16 campaign.

“We can’t put a timeline on a return but we’re looking at weeks now. I’m doing 90% of training with Munster for the last three weeks or so, doing modified contact on the sideline.

“I’m happy with the way we handled it. We approached it with the viewpoint of keeping it to ourselves.

“The reason we kept it quiet at the start is because we didn’t know what it was. We couldn’t put a date on it.

“That was my whole thinking behind it, it wasn’t ever the whole data protection or me keeping it secret.

“I think a week or two [after Van Graan spoke to the media], we said it was a neck injury, that we were managing my neck injury and then by the time we said that, the rumour mill had started, everything had snowballed and it was just this big deal.

“If an injury like that happened again, I’d do the exact same thing.”

Murray also revealed he’s targeting a return to action in time for Munster’s Champions Cup games with Castres in December, meaning he will miss Ireland’s November series. You can read Murray’s full interview with RTE Sport here.