Dan Murphy (rugby union)

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Dan Murphy
Date of birth (1985-10-27) 27 October 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Romford, Havering
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight119 kg (18 st 10 lb) [1]
School St Joseph's College, Ipswich
University St Mary's University College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2011
2011–2016
2016–2017
2017–		 London Irish
Gloucester Rugby
Harlequins
Hartpury University 		48
91
4
61		 (5)
(40)
(0)
(55)

Dan Murphy (born 27 October 1985 in Romford, Havering, England) is a rugby union player for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. Murphy's position of choice is as a prop.

He joined Gloucester Rugby for the 2011/2012 season. [2] On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Murphy had signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Gloucester until the end of the 2014–15 season. [3] On 15 January 2015, Murphy signed a new three-year contract extension to stay with Gloucester until the end of the 2017–18 season. [4]

However, Murphy announced he parted ways with Gloucester, after granted his early contract release, where he would officially join Harlequins from the 2016–17 season. [5]

On 13 June 2017, Murphy left Harlequins to join Gloucestershire based club Hartpury RFC in the RFU Championship from the 2017–18 season. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Gloucester sign London Irish prop Dan Murphy for next season". The Guardian . 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gloucester: Nick Wood among nine to agree new contract". BBC. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dan Murphy new contract extension with Gloucester". Sky Sports. 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Harlequins sign Gloucester loose-head prop Dan Murphy". BBC Sport. 17 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Harlequins loosehead prop Dan Murphy to join Gloucestershire based Hartpury RFC next season". Gloucestershire Live. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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