Scott Murray (rugby player)
| Date of birth | 15 January 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Musselburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School |
Preston Lodge High School Morgan Academy |
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| Position(s) | Lock | ||
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| Current team | Stade Montois | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2012– 2010–2012 2007–2010 2002–2007 1999–2002 1996–1999 |
Stade Montois Castres US Montauban Edinburgh Saracens Bedford Blues |
10 19 46 62 20 |
5 (15) (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997–2007 2001 1996–1997 |
Scotland B&I Lions Scotland A |
87 0 9 |
(15) (0) (?) |
Scott Murray (born 15 January 1976 in Musselburgh) is a rugby union player who played at lock for Scotland and currently plays for French Pro D2 team Stade Montois. He was at one time the record caps holder for Scotland having represented them on 87 occasions, five of which as captain and playing at three World Cups. He has also toured with the Lions and won Scotland player of the season three times.
Scott Murray is a former Scottish school basketball international who attended Morgan Academy and Preston Lodge High School. He represented Scotland at every youth level and has played for Preston Lodge RFC and Edinburgh Academicals before moving to England to help Bedford win the Allied Dunbar Premiership Division Two (now the RFU Championship) in 1998 and gain entrance to the English Premiership.
He went on to play for Saracens and Edinburgh before joining French team US Montauban following the 2007 Rugby World Cup. In July 2010 he joined Castres after Montauban were liquidated due to financial problems.
He left Castres in June 2012 to join newly promoted Mont-de-Marsan based side Stade Montois. In December, with two years still left on his playing contract, he was appointed as forwards coach following a reshuffle at the club that saw previous coach Marc Dantin moved to other duties. Mont-de-Marsan were relegated from the Top 14 at the end of the season finishing bottom of the table having only managed to win two games.
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