Murray Douglas (born 27 October 1989) is a Scottish professional

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player who currently plays for the

Shizuoka Blue Revs Shizuoka Blue Revs (formerly the Yamaha Júbilo) are a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004–05). They were coached by form ...

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. His position is lock or blindside flanker.

Early life

Douglas was born and raised in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; ; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, making it Fife's second-largest s ...

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where he attended Balwearie High School. After finishing high school, Douglas studied law at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

where he played with Aberdeen GSFP RFC and captained the side in his final two years at university. The team gained promotion to the Scottish Premiership for the 2011/2012 season. He made his debut for

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...

in a 38-13 defeat to

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. Originally formed in 1876, from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the Cardiff Blues before rebranding back ...

in April 2012. Upon graduating from the

Douglas began training as a solicitor with law firm

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. He joined

Heriot's Rugby Club Heriot's Rugby Club, formerly known as Heriot's FP, is one of Scotland's senior rugby football clubs in the Scottish Rugby Union, whose part-timeprofessional team, Heriot's Rugby play in FOSROC with the Men's 1st XV playing in the Men's Scottis ...

for the 2013/2014 season, winning the Scottish Cup after beating

Glasgow Hawks RFC Glasgow Hawks is an amateur rugby union team in Glasgow, Scotland. They were Premiership Division One champions for three consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06. History In Paris on 27 August 1995 a meeting of the International Rugby ...

31-10 in the final at

Broadwood Stadium Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield, Cumbernauld, Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilt ...

. During his time with

, Douglas captained the

Scotland Club XV The Scotland national Club XV rugby union team is one of several national rugby union teams behind the Scottish national side. The national Club XV takes the best players from club rugby in Scotland to form a side that regularly competes with a ...

team in fixtures against Ireland Club XV and France national amateur rugby union team.

Rugby career

Douglas relocated to

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in 2014 to pursue his legal career. He joined local side Melbourne Harlequins playing in the

Dewar Shield The Dewar Shield is a rugby union competition in Melbourne. It is the premier amateur rugby competition in Victoria. A total of eight teams from the Victorian Rugby Union compete for the trophy. Clubs must field teams in 3 grades, Dewar Shie ...

competition. He was selected to represent

Melbourne Rising The Melbourne Rising was an Australian rugby union team based in Melbourne that competed in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team represented the rugby community in Victoria, Australia, Victoria and was organised and managed by Rugby V ...

in the newly created

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competition for seasons 2015 and 2016. Douglas gained a professional contract with the

Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels were an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria that competed in the Super Rugby competition. The Rebels made their debut in SANZAAR, SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. T ...

for the 2017

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season after impressing whilst on a trial during pre-season training. He made his debut for the Rebels against the Chiefs as a late replacement for Culum Retallick in a 24-14 defeat for the Rebels. He then moved to

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after accepting a contract with

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for the 2017 and 2018

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. His performances throughout the 2017

earned him a contract with

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

based

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franchise

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for the 2018 season. Upon the conclusion of the 2018

season, Douglas accepted a two-year contract with

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based

franchise

ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses wh ...

. He became a mainstay in the match day squad at

during his stay, predominantly coming off the bench in the 2019

season before starting every match in the second row in a dominant Brumbies pack in 2020. Douglas played in the

28-23 victory over the

Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team based in Brisbane for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union ...

in the

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final at

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on 19 September 2020. During the

2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup () was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening matc ...

Douglas joined

on a short-term deal which coincided with the

off-season. He made five appearances for the Capital side before a neck injury prematurely curtailed his time with the club. Douglas signed a two-year contract with Japanese club

Yamaha Jubilo Shizuoka Blue Revs (formerly the Yamaha Júbilo) are a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004–05). They were coached by former ...

ahead of 2021

Top League Japan Rugby League One (), formerly known as the Top League (), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by ...

season.

Super Rugby statistics

References

External links

Murray Douglas - Harlequin Rugby
{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Murray 1989 births Living people ACT Brumbies players Edinburgh Rugby players Scottish expatriate rugby union players in Australia Scottish expatriate rugby union players in Japan Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Hurricanes (rugby union) players Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players Northland rugby union players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Kirkcaldy Scottish rugby union players Shizuoka Blue Revs players