Cameron Murray (rugby league)

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Cam Murray
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Personal information
Full nameCameron Murray
Born (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 24)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– South Sydney 103 25 0 0 100
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– New South Wales 7 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
As of 26 January 2022
Source: [1][2]

Cameron Murray (born 16 January 1998)[1] is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock and second-rower, captains the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and has also represented New South Wales and Australia since 2019.

Background[]

Murray was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Murray played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He attended Newington College, completing his HSC in 2015. Academically, Murray performed well, achieving 1st rank at the college in Earth and Environment Science, with a Band 6 (raw mark of 91).[3] He was captain of Newington's GPS Championship Winning 1st XV Rugby team that same year.[4] In his final year at the college he turned down captaincy of the Under-18 NSW Origin side in favour of playing for his school.

Playing career[]

Early career[]

In October 2015, Murray re-signed with the Rabbitohs on a 4-year contract until the end of 2019.[5] Late in 2015, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.[6] In 2016, he played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team.[7] He also featured for the Rabbitohs' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team, North Sydney Bears in 2016, playing a total of 6 games and scoring 1 try.

2017[]

Murray started off 2017 by playing in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW for North Sydney. In round 8 of the 2017 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Rabbitohs off the bench against the Brisbane Broncos in round 8.[8][9] Murray went on to play 9 NRL matches in 2017, scoring his maiden try in round 24 against the New Zealand Warriors.[10]

2018[]

Murray was part of the Souths side which finished 3rd on the table at the end of the regular season in 2018. In week one of the finals against Melbourne, Murray scored what Souths thought was going to be the winning try before a late try and field goal to Melbourne handed Souths a 29–28 loss. Murray then featured in both of Souths other finals matches, the 13–12 victory over St George and then a 12–4 defeat by arch rivals Eastern Suburbs in the preliminary final.[11][12][13]

2019[]

In the 2019 season, Murray was named as starting lock of the team, with new coach Wayne Bennett moving captain Sam Burgess to the 2nd row to accommodate for him. Murray started off the 2019 NRL season in good form as Souths won 10 of their first 11 games. The following week, Murray earned his first representative honour as he was selected to play for New South Wales by coach Brad Fittler.[14]

Murray played in all 3 matches for New South Wales in the 2019 State of Origin series as the Blues won the series 2–1.[15][16]

At the end of the 2019 regular season, Souths finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. In the elimination final against Manly, Murray scored two crucial tries as Souths won the game 32–26 at ANZ Stadium.[17] Murray featured in the club's preliminary final match against the Canberra Raiders the following week which Souths lost 16–10 at Canberra Stadium.[18]

On 2 October, Murray was named as the 2019 Dally M Lock of the Year at the Dally M Awards ceremony.[19] In addition, Murray received the Rabbitohs Jack Rayner's Players' Player award as judged by his teammates.

On 7 October, Murray was named in the Australian side for the Oceania Cup fixtures and made his Test debut on 2 November against Tonga, who won 16 – 12 to defeat Australia for the first time.

2020[]

In the 2020 NRL season, Murray was moved by Bennett to the starting 2nd row position to replace the retired John Sutton, often playing the opening minutes of the match there before shifting back to his traditional lock spot, in an attempt to increase his output by reducing his workload in the opening exchanges of the match. This move was short-lived however, with Murray reverting to the number 13 jersey by round 5.

Murray played 23 games for Souths in the 2020 NRL season as the club reached their third straight preliminary final but fell short of a grand final appearance once again, losing 20–16 to Penrith.[20] Murray was selected for NSW for the 2020 State of Origin series commencing in November, however he suffered a hamstring injury after playing just four minutes of the opening game in Adelaide and was then ruled out for the remainder of the series.[21]

2021[]

Murray and South Sydney again started the 2021 NRL season with strong form. In the round 8 match against Canberra, Murray suffered a grade two syndesmosis injury and was ruled out for four weeks.[22] Despite this, Murray was selected for game one of the 2021 State of Origin series.[23] Murray played all three matches, starting in the second row, as NSW claimed a 2–1 series win.

Murray played a total of 20 games for South Sydney in the 2021 NRL season including the club's 2021 NRL Grand Final defeat against Penrith.[24]

2022[]

On 18 December 2021 Murray was named captain of the Rabbitohs by new coach Jason Demetriou after the departure of Adam Reynolds to the Brisbane Broncos.[25]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cameron Murray - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "State of Origin 2021: Cameron Murray to make most of NSW blues return against QLD Maroons". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 Newington College Results Magazine" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Newington Alumni News Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. ^ Rabbitohs.com.au (7 October 2015). "Rabbitohs sign two more". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Australian Schoolboys rugby league team named". NRL.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  7. ^ "M". Nyc Database. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Updated team lists: Rabbitohs v Broncos". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  9. ^ NRL Digital Media. "LATE MAIL: Round 8, 2017". Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Rabbitohs v Warriors". National Rugby League. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. ^ "NRL finals: South Sydney Rabbitoh Cameron Murray's rapid rise to the top". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  12. ^ "NRL Preliminary Final | Sydney Roosters defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-4". NewsComAu. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Bench press: Murray eager for starting role". National Rugby League. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Phil Gould says NSW Origin rookie Cameron Murray has NRL's quickest play-the-ball". WWOS.
  15. ^ "Emotional Blues legend Wayne Pearce opens up on his son Mitchell's battle". www.news.com.au.
  16. ^ "New South Wales beat Queensland to win back-to-back series". BBC.
  17. ^ "Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller". NRL.
  18. ^ "Canberra Raiders end 25-year wait to reach NRL grand final with victory over Rabbitohs". The Guardian.
  19. ^ "Tedesco tops list of 2019 Dally M award winners". NRL.
  20. ^ "Penrith Panthers beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 20-16 to set up NRL grand final against Melbourne Storm". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  21. ^ "Cameron Murray ruled out of Origin series". ESPN.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Melbourne Storm embarrass South Sydney Rabbitohs 50-0 as Josh Addo-Carr crosses for six tries". www.abc.net.au.
  23. ^ "NSW Origin team: Luai gets nod for Freddie's fresh-faced Blues". www.nrl.com.
  24. ^ "One of finest NRL grand finals of all time provides cure to difficult season". www.theguardian.com.
  25. ^ "Former South Sydney junior Cameron Murray named new Rabbitohs captain". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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