Murray Driver
| Full name | Murray John Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murray John Driver (born 5 April 1972) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Born in Hamilton, Driver was a NZ Colts representative prop, picked from Waikato to make three appearances for the Highlanders during the 1996 Super 12 season. He played in England from 1996 to 1998 with the Sale Sharks, coached by his former Waikato teammate John Mitchell, then on his return to New Zealand linked up with Wellington.[1] After three years in the New Zealand capital, Driver played some rugby in Scotland, with Boroughmuir and Edinburgh.[2]
Driver is an ex-Hamilton Marist head coach and has also coached in Japan.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "L-Driver". Manchester Metro News. 28 February 1997.
- ^ "Boroughmuir seeing double". The Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2003.
- ^ "Marist showing commitment". Stuff.co.nz. 11 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Murray Driver at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Hamilton, New Zealand
- Rugby union props
- Waikato rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- Sale Sharks players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Scotland