| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Frank Murphy | |
| Date of birth | 2 December 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Crosshaven, Ireland | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Weight | 13 st 12 lbs (88 kg) | |
| School(s) attended | Coláiste Muire, Crosshaven [1] Christian Brothers College |
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| University(s) | University College Cork | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Scrum-half | |
| Current club | Connacht Rugby | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| -1999 | Crosshaven RFC UCC Cork Con |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 2008- 2006 - 08 2001 - 06 |
Connacht Leicester Tigers Munster |
46 (10) 3 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Frank Murphy (born 2 December 1981) is an Irish professional rugby union player (position scrum-half) and currently plays with Connacht Rugby. He is an Ireland A International and a former Munster and Leicester Tigers player.
Murphy grew up in Crosshaven, Co. Cork, Ireland, and began his playing career with Crosshaven RFC. In his final year of Secondary School however, he went on to play with Christian Brother College Cork where he won the Munster Schools Senior Cup, defeating Rockwell College in the final.
He went on to play for Munster before joining Leicester Tigers in 2006 finishing his first season at Leicester having appeared in both the Guinness Premiership and Heineken Cup finals.
He moved to Connacht for the 2008/09 season. He has been on occasion appointed captain for Connacht and has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2012/13 season.
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