Murray Taylor

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Murray Taylor
Birth nameMurray Barton Taylor
Date of birth (1956-08-25) 25 August 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Hamilton, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
School Matamata College
Notable relative(s) Warwick Taylor (brother)
Tom Taylor (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s) First five-eighth
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1975–81 Waikato 53 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1979–80 New Zealand 7 (3)

Murray Barton Taylor (born 25 August 1956) is a retired rugby union player from New Zealand. He played thirty matches for the All Blacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s; seven of these were test matches. [1] He is now living in the Waikato in New Zealand.

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References

  1. "Profile of Murray Barton Taylor". allblacks.com. Retrieved 7 February 2011.