Mahalia Murphy Explained
Mahalia Murphy |
Birth Date: | 1994 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia |
Height: | 168cm (66inches) |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Year1start: | 2020 |
Year1end: | 22 |
Appearances1: | 3 |
Tries1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Year2start: | 2023 |
Year2end: | present |
Appearances2: | 9 |
Tries2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 12 |
Yearastart: | 2013 |
Yearaend: | 15 |
Appearancesa: | 2 |
Triesa: | 0 |
Goalsa: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 0 |
Teamb: | New South Wales |
Yearbstart: | 2015 |
Appearancesb: | 1 |
Triesb: | 0 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 0 |
Teamc: | Australia |
Yearcstart: | 2015 |
Appearancesc: | 1 |
Triesc: | 3 |
Goalsc: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsc: | 0 |
Pointsc: | 12 |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Ru Year1start: | 2019 |
Ru Year1end: | 20 |
Ru Appearances1: | 5 |
Ru Tries1: | 2 |
Ru Goals1: | 0 |
Ru Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Ru Points1: | 10 |
Ru Teama: | Australia |
Ru Yearastart: | 2017 |
Ru Yearaend: | 18 |
Ru Yearbstart: | 2015 |
Ru Yearbend: | 19 |
Source: | [1] |
Updated: | 2 November 2023 |
Mahalia Murphy (born 19 January 1994) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who plays as for Parramatta Eels in the NRLW. She has represented Australia in both codes.
In 2015, she made her rugby league Test debut for Australia before switching to rugby union and representing Australia in 2017.
Early life
Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Murphy played her junior rugby league for the Doonside Roos and attended Hills Sports High School.[2]
Playing career
Rugby league
In 2013, while playing for the Redfern All Blacks, Murphy represented the Indigenous All Stars.[3] On 3 May 2015, Murphy made her Test debut for Australia, scoring a hat-trick in a 22β14 win over New Zealand.[4] In June 2015, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 4βall draw with Queensland.[5]
On 24 September 2020, Murphy returned to rugby league, joining the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Dragons, coming off the bench in a 18β4 loss to the Sydney Roosters.[7]
Rugby union
In July 2015, Murphy represented Australia at the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea.[8] In 2017, she represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[9] In 2019, she joined the New South Wales Waratahs Super W team.[10]
Murphy was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand.[11] [12] She made the Wallaroos squad for a two-test series against the Black Ferns at the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.[13] [14] She was also selected in the team for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[15] [16]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mahalia Murphy - Career Stats & Summary . 2021-02-19 . Rugby League Project.
- Web site: Leach . Sarah . 2015-06-17 . Interview with Rising Indigenous Sport Star Mahalia Murphy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808000645/http://www.sarahleach.com/blog/2017/5/2/interview-with-rising-indigenous-sport-star-mahalia-murphy . 2021-08-08 . Sarah Leach.
- Web site: 2012-11-14 . Indigenous Women's All Stars squad announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305140848/https://www.nrl.com/news/2012/11/14/indigenous-womens-all-stars-squad-announced/ . 2021-03-05 . National Rugby League.
- Web site: Webeck . Tony . 2015-05-03 . Murphy hat-trick inspires Jillaroos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120013233/https://www.nrl.com/news/2015/05/03/murphy-hat-trick-inspires-jillaroos/ . 2021-01-20 . 2021-02-19 . National Rugby League.
- Web site: 2015-06-27 . Women's Interstate Challenge ends in draw . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301110527/https://www.nrl.com/news/2015/06/27/womens-interstate-challenge-ends-in-draw/ . 2021-03-01 . National Rugby League.
- Web site: 2020-09-24 . Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116201413/https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/09/24/dragons-confirm-2020-nrl-womens-premiership-squad/ . 2021-01-16 . 2021-02-19 . St. George Illawarra Dragons.
- Web site: 2020-10-03 . NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Roosters . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210316201520/https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/09/24/dragons-confirm-2020-nrl-womens-premiership-squad/ . 2021-03-16 . 2021-02-19 . St. George Illawarra Dragons.
- Web site: 2015-07-02 . Mahalia Murphy readies for Pacific Games . 2021-02-19 . Special Broadcasting Service.
- News: Perry . Jodan . 2017-06-28 . Women's Rugby World Cup: Mahalia Murphy ready to bring union cup home for Wallaroos . ABC News . . live . 2021-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213015606/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/mahalia-murphy-ready-to-hit-the-world-stage-for-wallaroos/8660728 . 2018-02-13.
- Web site: 2020-02-20 . Super W: Murphy added to squad for 2020 campaign . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227062038/https://nsw.rugby/news/2020/02/20/murphy-added-to-squad-for-2020-campaign . 2021-02-27 . 2021-02-19 . NSW Rugby.
- Web site: Williamson . Nathan . 2022-05-19 . Wallaroos announce squad for Pacific Four . 2022-06-18 . wallaroos.rugby . en.
- Web site: Woods . Melissa . 2022-05-19 . Nine new Wallaroos for Pacific Four rugby . 2022-06-09 . 7NEWS . en.
- Web site: 2022-08-02 . Wallaroos name 32-player squad . 2022-08-14 . ESPN.com . en.
- Web site: 2022-08-02 . Maya Stewart, Emily Robinson, and Asatasi Lafai named in Wallaroos squad to face Black Ferns . 2022-08-14 . nsw.rugby . en.
- Web site: Williamson . Nathan . 2022-09-07 . Wallaroos confirm Rugby World Cup squad . 2022-09-15 . www.rugby.com.au . en.
- Web site: Worthington . Sam . 2022-09-07 . Rugby stars to play two World Cups in a month . 2023-01-03 . wwos.nine.com.au . en.