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Niall Murray

NAME: Niall Murray

DOB: 13/10/1999

POSITION: Lock

DEBUT: v Gloucester (December 2019)


The older of Connacht's Murray brothers, 6ft 7in lock Niall has already logged an impressive 75 appearances for the province ahead of the 2024/25 season.

A lineout specialist, Murray was Connacht’s fans’ player of the year after topping the charts for lineout steals in the URC that season, while he also ranked in the top five in 2022/23.

The Roscommon man was part of Ireland’s U20 Six Nations Grand Slam side of 2019.