Ruaidhrí Murphy is a former professional

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player who last played for

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in the 2015–16 season. Ruaidhrí's position of choice is prop. Ruaidhri is a former pupil of

Castleknock College Castleknock College () is a voluntary Vincentian secondary school for boys, situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. Founded in 1835 by Philip Dowley, it is one of the oldest boys' schools in ...

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

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before moving to

Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby () is one of the four professional provincial club rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the Leinster Branch, one of t ...

and was part of the Under 20 Six Nations and Grand Slam winning side of 2007. Murphy joined

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an England, English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played i ...

in 2009 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

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he featured only once in Premiership competition. At the conclusion of the 2011 season Murphy left Exeter for Australia and joined

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in Brisbane. He then joined

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, before earning a spot with the Brumbies. As a youngster Murphy spent a large part of his youth in

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where his father owns a business, Murphy has a strong appreciation for Australia and his long-term goal is to represent the Wallabies. In 2014, Ulster Rugby announced that Murphy would return to Ireland by joining them on a two-year deal after the

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Aviva Premiership Player ProfileBrumbies Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Ruaidhri 1987 births Living people Irish rugby union players Exeter Chiefs players ACT Brumbies players Ulster Rugby players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Irish expatriate rugby union players in Australia Irish expatriate rugby union players in England People educated at Castleknock College