Murray Craig
| Birth name | Murray Craig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murray Craig is a Scottish former rugby union player. He played professionally for Glasgow Warriors and at amateur level for Currie normally playing at the Centre position.
Craig learnt his rugby at Haddington then played for Edinburgh Wanderers. He also played for amateur club Currie[1]
He was capped for Scotland at Under 21 and Scotland 'A' level.[2] He was also in the Scottish Thistles squad which toured New Zealand in 1997.
He represented the Exiles District side, winning the Scottish Inter-District Championship in 1994-95 season.
He was capped for the Exile side while playing his rugby for Waterloo.[3] He left Waterloo in 1995.[4]
Joining Leicester Tigers for a season[4] till 1996.[3][5]
He joined Nottingham Rugby in season 1996-97.[6][5]
Craig joined Glasgow Warriors for the start of the 1998-99 season from Edinburgh Rugby.[7] He played in Glasgow's pre-season match against Richmond, coming off the bench for his non-competitive debut.[8] However he later failed a medical with Glasgow and was released.
In October 1998, Craig made the decision to move to Exeter Chiefs.[9] Craig's two-year package - believed to be worth a total of £100,000, includes a house, car and a part-time PE teaching post at a local sports college.[10]
In 2002, he was playing for Boroughmuir.[11]
Craig became a rugby coach at Telford College in Edinburgh in 2005[12] He remained there till 2011.[13] He is now a Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh University[13]
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- ^ a b "Season's greetings: The ins and outs of all the Courage National". The Independent. 2 September 1995. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b David Llewellyn (27 August 1996). "Courage Clubs' Championship National League 1". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Murray Craig Player matches All competitions All seasons". Statbunker.
- ^ "Craig is handed second chance". Archived from the original on 25 February 2016.
- ^ "Richmond prove too slick for super district". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "RUGBY UNION Moseley miss out on chance to make most of weak Saints; Northampton 36 Moseley 19".
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- ^ "Melrose boosted by Shiel return". Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.
- ^ "McCann delighted with state of play in Italy".
- ^ a b "Murray Craig". LinkedIn.