Geordan Murphy

Geordan Murphy.

Age/Date of birth – 30 – 19th April 1978
Position – Full-back
Height – 1.85m
Weight – 86kg
Test caps – Ireland – 59, British and Irish Lions – 1 cap
Test debut – 10th June 2000 v Italy
Test points – 98 – 18 tries, 1 penalty, 1 conversion, 1 drop goal
Current club/Playing history – Leicester Tigers
Strengths – A mazy, crazy weaving counter attacker with mercurial skills and a terrific boot.
Weaknesses – Does he have the base game to do the simple things as well as the brilliant ones? His nickname outside of Ireland is Turnstiles, which says something.
Honours in the game – HEC 2001, 2002, English Premiership 99, 00, 01, 02, 07, EDF 2007, Triple Crown 2004, 2006, 2007
Did you know? – He was officially named George after his father but his mother called him Geordan to avoid confusion. His six brothers and sister all played rugby union.