SHAUN MURPHY could be getting ready for Strictly Come Dancing after showing off his dance moves on board a wine train.
The snooker star, 42, enjoyed a well-earned break following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.
Murphy earned £327,900 to rank ninth in the one-year World Snooker Tour list.
He suffered a second-round exit to No2 seed Judd Trump at the World Championship.
And then the Englishman lost 4-3 to Mark Williams in the Helsinki International Cup in May.
Now Murphy is home after letting his hair down with a holiday in America.
The Magician took to Instagram with a pair of posts from the trip.
The first was a picture of Murphy smiling in a restaurant earlier in June.
He captioned it: "Off season going well - not sure I’ll remember how to play snooker at this rate."
Then the next post from Friday showed Murphy dancing along to music while riding along the road - with a drink in hand.
He was decked out in a pink shirt, grey trousers and sunglasses as September by Earth, Wind & Fire pumped out of the speakers.
Murphy wrote: "Just back from a two-week holiday in the States.
"I promise it wasn’t all drinking and dancing.
"Looking forward to getting back on the baize!"
And the brilliant video sparked plenty of reaction in the comments.
Fellow snooker great Stephen Hendry said: "Oh dear."
BBC Sport's Jason Mohammad replied: "Scenes."
Another added: "Hate him or love him, but you cannot deny, he got the moves!!! Enjoy it!!!"
A fourth typed: "I can't unsee this unfortunately."
And a fifth quipped: "Are you ready for Strictly?"
But upon his return home, Murphy did not have long to get ready for his 2025-26 season opener.
The 2005 world champ took to Instagram again on Sunday afternoon with a photo of himself in action and wrote: "How is it time for the new season????
"Wuhan Qualifier, tomorrow 2.30pm (UK time)."
