Johne Murphy Says GoodBye to Professional Rugby
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| Johne Murphy Says GoodBye to Professional Rugby |
Johne Murphy, the former winner of English Premiership and PRO12 player has called the end of his professional carrier after playing for ten years. Earlier today he made the announcement of his retirement from the professional level of rugby. He had a really successful carrier of ten years in which he managed to won the titles twice. Once with the Munster and the other time with the Leicester Tigers. He made 91 appearances in total for the Munster. In his time with the club he managed to win the famous PRO12 during 2011. During 2010 he was also with the team when they made the historical win over Australia in the Thomond Park in November. Before being part of the province he played for the Leicester Tigers and made 99 appearances for them. With them he was able to win the prestigious English Premiership for three times. He also managed to win the EDF Energy Cup too for one time with the club. He spent five years with the Leicester Tigers.
He was also part of the ‘A’ team of the Ireland which managed to win the Churchill cup in the year of 2009. He was also a member of the Irish Wolfhounds and Emerging Ireland team too. With the Emerging Ireland team he managed to won the Nations Cup in the year of 2014. He was included in the squad of Ireland for the summer tour of 2010. With this team he played against the NZ Maori and the Barbarians. During making the announcement he said,
"I'm grateful for the long and successful career that I've had but it is now time to call an end to it. I would like to thank all my mentors, coaches, teammates, the fans who have made my time in the sport so special and most of all my family for all the support they have given me throughout the last 10 years."
In the twitter, he said he has lived the dream for the last ten years and he had a blast in doing so. He also thanked the Leicester Tigers and Munster for their support during the time in the team. From the Munster rugby team twitter they thanked him for all the good memories and wished the best for his future. The Irish Rugby official correspondent also wished him good luck and thanked him too for being a part of their team. In a personal twitter Tommy Bowe said he was very sorry to hear that Jhone was going to hung up his foot. He wished a great future for him. He became 31 years old this year and he came to realization that his glory days are almost over as he is not able to catch up with the speed of professional rugby. He is planning to spend more time with the family. It is sad for the sport itself that such a great player is leaving it for good.
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