Ed Murphy (born 22 October 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer last played as a centre or winger for the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship.
 Murphy playing for the Bulldogs in 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 October 1992 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 3 March 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
editMurphy was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and grew up in Mungindi.[citation needed]
He played his junior rugby league for the Mungindi Grasshoppers. He was then signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[citation needed]
Playing career
editEarly career
editIn 2011 and 2012, Murphy played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[2] On 21 April 2012, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team in the inaugural under-20s State of Origin match.[3] In 2013, he graduated to Canterbury's New South Wales Cup team.[4] In 2015, he joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs and played with their New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears.[5]
2016
editIn Round 16 of the 2016 NRL season, Murphy made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Penrith Panthers.[6][7][8]
2017
editFor the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW season, Murphy was named Captain of the North Sydney side.[9] On 28 August, he was named at centre in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[10]
2018
editAfter leaving North Sydney at the end of 2017, Murphy signed a contract with Canberra Raiders feeder club Mounties in hopes of gaining an NRL contract and playing first grade rugby league.[11] On 10 March, he scored a try in his debut game for Mounties in their 22-20 opening round victory over St. George Illawarra.[12] Murphy failed to break into first grade for Canberra but was selected in the NSW residents side to play against the Queensland residents.[13]
On 12 December, it was revealed that Murphy had returned to North Sydney after signing a one-year deal.[14]
2019
editMurphy made 18 appearances for Norths in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW season as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals.
On 7 August, it was revealed that Murphy had signed a contract to join the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship.[15]
Murphy played in the club's finals campaign in which they lost the qualifying final against South Sydney. Murphy did not play in the elimination final the following week against Newtown which Norths lost 30-28 at Leichhardt Oval.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ "Ed Murphy - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "M". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Toyota U/20's Origin squads named". NRL.com. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "VB NSW Cup rd #22 preview – Vulcans vs. Bulldogs - AUCKLAND VULCANS". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "NRL Lowdown Round 14: Who's on the cusp and who's on the block at your club?". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Updated team lists: Panthers v Rabbitohs". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ NRL. "LATE MAIL: Round 16, 2016". Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Dominic Bossi (24 June 2016). "Penrith Panthers back into NRL top eight with win over South Sydney Rabbitohs". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ NRL Digital Media. "2017 SQUAD | North Sydney Bears". NSWRL. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Media, NRL Digital (28 August 2017). "2017 Team Of The Year - ISP NSW". Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Teams". Canberra Raiders. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Mounties Win Wollongong Thriller". 10 March 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Sironen, Sorensen, Matagi in NSW Residents team". 17 June 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "ISP PLAYER MOVEMENTS | Bears sign three more". 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Catalans live TV coverage to stop, signings for Limoux and ex-Hull KR half joins St Gaudens". Love Rugby League. 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Star power on show for Canterbury Cup NSW Semi-Finals". NSWRL. 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Canterbury Cup NSW Finals Week Two - reports, highlights, news". NSWRL. 14 September 2019.