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Frank Murphy (rugby player)
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Frank Murphy 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.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player (position scrum-half) and currently plays with Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup...
. He is an Ireland A International and a former Munster
Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...
and Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
player.
Murphy grew up in Crosshaven
Crosshaven
Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. Origins of the Irish name of Crosshaven include; - mouth of the river Sabhrann , and . The village is located in a scenic area with views of Wood, and Cork Harbour.-Transport:...
, Co. Cork, Ireland, and began his playing career with Crosshaven RFC
Crosshaven RFC
Crosshaven RFC was founded on October 1, 1972 and is based in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland. The founding members were Michael Dempsey, Chairman, Ted Murphy, Pres., Billy McCarthy Sec., and Tom O' Kelly, Treas, and P.R.O....
. 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
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
and Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
finals.
He moved to Connacht
Connacht Rugby
Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup...
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.