Murray Craig is a Scottish former rugby union player. He played professionally for

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and at amateur level for

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normally playing at the

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position. Craig learnt his rugby at Haddington then played for

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. He also played for amateur club

He was capped for Scotland at Under 21 and Scotland 'A' level. He was also in the Scottish Thistles squad which toured

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in 1997. He represented the Exiles District side, winning the

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in 1994-95 season. He was capped for the Exile side while playing his rugby for

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. He left Waterloo in 1995. Joining

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for a season till 1996. He joined Nottingham Rugby in season 1996-97. Craig joined

for the start of the 1998-99 season from

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. He played in Glasgow's pre-season match against Richmond, coming off the bench for his non-competitive debut. However he later failed a medical with Glasgow and was released. In October 1998, Craig made the decision to move to

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. Craig's two-year package - believed to be worth a total of £100,000, includes a house, car and a part-time PE teaching post at a local sports college. In 2002, he was playing for Boroughmuir. Craig became a rugby coach at Telford College in Edinburgh in 2005 He remained there till 2011. He is now a Teaching Fellow at

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