Patrick Vincent Murray (born 12 October 1963) is an Irish former rugby union player and coach.

Career

Born just ten minutes from Thomond Park, Murray played for

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

between 1984 and 1996, and was captain of the province when they made their European debut during the

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, scoring a late try to secure a 17–13 win against

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and Munster's first ever win in the competition. His last appearance for Munster was against

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. Murray was also a Shannon stalwart, captaining the side that won a hat-trick of All-Ireland League between 1994 and 1997, and then coaching the parishmen as they completed their famous four-in-a-row in 1998, a side that was also coached by another Shannon legend,

Niall O'Donovan Niall O'Donovan is an Irish rugby union coach who is currently manager of Munster, having previously coached Shannon, Ireland A and Ireland. Career O'Donovan spent his entire playing career with Shannon, representing the Limerick club for ...

, and featured future legends

Mick Galwey Michael Joseph Galwey (born 8 October 1966) won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the Kerry Gaelic football team in 1986, as a 19-year-old, before turning to rugby union. He is thus the only winner of an "All-Ireland" in both rug ...

and

Anthony Foley Anthony Gerard Foley (30 October 1973 – 16 October 2016) was an Irish rugby union player and head coach of Munster. He was attached to the same squad during his professional playing career. He was a member of the Munster team that won the 200 ...

. Despite his performances for Shannon and Munster, Murray never won any caps for Ireland, despite many feeling that he was the best fullback in the country.

References

External links

Munster Profile
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