Ruaidhri Murphy

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Ruaidhri Murphy
Rugby union career
Full name	Ruaidhri Murphy
Date of birth	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
School	Castleknock College, Dublin.
Playing career
Position	Prop
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007–08 2009–11	Leinster Exeter Chiefs	0 5	(0) (0)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012–	Brumbies	18	(5)

correct as of 07 June 2013.

Ruaidhri Murphy is a professional Rugby Union player for ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby. Ruaidhri's position of choice is prop. Ruaidhri is a former pupil of Castleknock College in Dublin and represented Leinster Schools and Ireland Schools during his school days at Castleknock. He was a member of the Ireland team at the Under 19 World Cup in Dubai before moving to Leinster Rugby and was part of the Under 20 Six Nations and Grand Slam winning side of 2007..

Murphy joined Exeter Chiefs in 2009^[1] but was unable to break into the Chiefs first team, he remained with the squad and was part of the Chiefs 2009/10 RFU Championship winning side. With Exeter in the Aviva Premiership he featured only once in Premiership competition.^[2]

At the conclusion of the 2011 season Murphy left Exeter for Australia and joined Easts Tigers Rugby Union in Brisbane. He then joined Gungahlin Eagles, before earning a spot with the Brumbies.

As a youngster Murphy spent a large part of his youth in Perth where his father owns a business, Murphy has a strong appreciation for Australia and his long term goal is to represent the Wallabies.^[3]

References

↑ "Murphy bolsters Chiefs front row". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
↑ "Statistics Official Aviva Premiership Website". Premiership Rugby.
↑ O'Neill, Michael. "Ruaidhri Murphy on ‘life at the Brumbies’ Ruaidhri Murphy on ‘life at the Brumbies". SportsNewsIRELAND. Retrieved February 23, 2012.

External links

Squads

v t e Brumbies – 2014 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Jarrad Butler Sam Carter Scott Fardy Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler Ruan Smith Ita Vaea Jack Whetton

Backs	Robbie Coleman Lionel Cronjé Conrad Hoffmann Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Harumichi Tatekawa Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White

Coach	Stephen Larkham

v t e Brumbies – 2013 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Peter Kimlin Joshua Mann-Rea Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Etienne Oosthuizen Dan Palmer David Pocock Leon Power Siliva Siliva Scott Sio Jordan Smiler George Smith Ruan Smith Did not play: Ita Vaea

Backs	Robbie Coleman Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Clyde Rathbone Andrew Smith Henry Speight Mark Swanepoel Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox

Coach	Jake White

v t e Brumbies – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Ben Alexander Fotu Auelua Sam Carter Colby Fainga'a Scott Fardy Ben Hand Anthony Hegarty Michael Hooper Peter Kimlin Stephen Moore Ben Mowen Ruaidhri Murphy Dan Palmer Leon Power Scott Sio Ita Vaea Did not play: Jono Owen Siliva Siliva Jerry Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Robbie Coleman Cam Crawford Zack Holmes Tevita Kuridrani Christian Lealiifano Pat McCabe Jesse Mogg Ian Prior Andrew Smith Henry Speight Joe Tomane Matt Toomua Nic White Did not play: Tom Cox Kimami Sitauti

Coach	Jake White

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Ruaidhri
Alternative names
Short description	Irish rugby union player
Date of birth	5 July 1987
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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