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Mark Murray (rugby league)

Mark Murray
Personal information
Full name Mark Murray
Nickname Muppet
Born (1959-05-01) 1 May 1959 (age 58)
Brisbane, Queensland
Playing information
Position Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1977–81 Brisbane Norths
1982 Valleys Diehards
1983–86 Redcliffe
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–86 Queensland 17 1 0 0 4
1982–85 Australia 6 1 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1988–90 Redcliffe
1991–94 Eastern Suburbs 80 35 3 42 44
1997–00 Norths Devils
2001–02 Melbourne Storm 43 18 2 23 42
Total 123 53 5 65 43
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1999–00 Queensland 6 1 1 4 17

Mark Murray (born 1 May 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He represented Australia in test matches and Queensland in the State of Origin. His position of choice was halfback. Murray has also coached in the National Rugby League and State of Origin.

Murray, a qualified teacher, was an instrumental player in the early Queensland State of Origin sides, and played 17 games (15 State of Origin) between 1981 and 1986. He also represented his country on six occasions between 1982 and 1985 (not including one non-test international against Wales), and toured with the famous 1982 Invincibles, and made his test debut for Australia from the bench in a pre-Kangaroo Tour test against Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby in 1982, though he would not play any of the 5 tests on the Kangaroo tour against Great Britain or France.

Murray also played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership with the Norths Devils, captaining them to a famous premiership win over Souths in 1980 under the coaching of Kiwi Graham Lowe, before moving to the Valleys Diehards for the 1982 season to play alongside representative team mate Wally Lewis. In 1983 he shifted to the Redcliffe club and played for them up until midway through the 1986 season.


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