Andy Muirhead (rugby union)

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Andy Muirhead
Date of birth (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015
2016
2017–		 Counties Manukau
Brisbane City
Canberra Vikings 		3
2
22		 (0)
(0)
(61)
Correct as of 12 April 2022
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017– Brumbies 78 (120)
Correct as of 4 June 2023

Andy Muirhead (born 8 July 1993) is an Australian-born rugby union player who plays for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. [1] His position of choice is wing.

Muirhead was born and raised in Brisbane, where he attended Brisbane State High School, playing for their first XV rugby team. Following school he signed with the South Brisbane Magpies in the Brisbane Premier Rugby competition. He played for the club until 2014. Andy then took up an opportunity to move to New Zealand and play in the ITM cup with Counties Manukau RFU and under head coach, and All Blacks great, Tana Umaga. Muirhead made the move back to Australia in 2015, helping Souths win the Premier Rugby title that year. Following a stellar season he was chosen to play with Brisbane City in the NRC rugby competition. Towards the end of 2016 Muirhead moved to Canberra for an opportunity to train with the ACT Brumbies. In 2017 Andy was rewarded with an opportunity to join their tour of South Africa and Argentina. Debuting off the bench, Andy scored two tries and had a very strong finish to the season. For his efforts he was rewarded a full-time contract with the Brumbies where he remains.

Since his debut Andy has represented the ACT Brumbies more than 60 times and was also selected in the Wallabies squad in 2021.

[2]

Muirhead is indigenous Australian, through his mother [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andy Muirhead". www.brumbies.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "| RUPA: The Rugby Union Players' Association".
  3. ↑ "| RUPA: The Rugby Union Players' Association".
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