Player Profile: Nick Murphy

Meet Nick…

  • Position: Second-row
  • Name of player sponsor: Jon Tibbetts
  • Date of birth: December 3 1990
  • Height: 6ft 6
  • Weight: 19st 8lbs
  • Occupation: Education
  • Previous clubs: Malvern, Dudley Kingswinford, Coventry, Stourbridge
  • Representative honours: North Midlands
  • Rugby hero: None, Football Hero:  Roy Keane
  • Biggest influence on your rugby career: Shaun Perry, got me a shot at Coventry which was on the whole unsuccessful, however, a humbling and worthwhile experience
  • Favourite rugby moment: Whilst I was at Stourbridge a few years ago we played Luctonians away in the last game before the Christmas break. There was a big rivalry between the clubs and the ‘festive atmosphere’ added to the occasion. We won a lineout in the  last play – despite their supporters throwing mince pies at us – and we scored a driving maul to come from behind and win the game.
  • Most embarrassing moment on a rugby pitch: Lying at the bottom of a ruck against Dudley Kingswinford away this season, looking at George Morgan and telling each other we are too old for this.
  • Which team-mate would you hate to be stuck in a lift with and why? James Weaver, he’s a top bloke so purely for the reason we would probably convince ourselves we “have another year left in us” –  which we all know isn’t true.
  • Favourite pre-match song: Any old school bassline bangers
  • Favourite post-match meal: Guinness counts as a meal doesn’t it?
  • Favourite rugby ground (apart from Avery Fields): Stourton Park

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