Murray Craig
Scottish rugby union 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.
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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] until 1996.[3][5] He subsequently joined Nottingham Rugby in season 1996-97.[6][5]
Craig then returned to Scotland joining Edinburgh Rugby for the 1997-98 season before switching to Glasgow Warriors ahead of the 1998-99 season.[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, included a house, car and a part-time PE teaching post at a local sports college.[10]
In fact Craig stayed for only one year, returning to Scotland once more in the Summer of 1999 at took a teaching job at George Watson's College remaining there until 2005 at which time he moved into further education lecturing in Sports Coaching and Sports Development becoming a coach at Telford College in Edinburgh in 2005[11] He remained there till 2011 [12] and is now a Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh University[12]
In 2002, he was playing for Boroughmuir.[13]