Tom Murday

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Tom Murday
Birth nameThomas Murday
Date of birth (1989-04-24) 24 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Mossman, Australia
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
School Brisbane Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock / Flank
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2020 Agen 94 (20)
2021– Toyota Industries Shuttles 1 (0)
Correct as of 22 February 2021
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–14 Northland 21 (5)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Blues 0 (0)
2015 Reds 4 (0)
Correct as of 11 April 2015
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 Australia U20
2006 Australian Schoolboys

Tom Murday (born 24 April 1989) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He is currently signed to the French club Agen and previously played for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is lock, however he can also play in the backrow.

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Early life

Murday was raised in Mossman in North Queensland, and he played junior club rugby for the Port Douglas Reef Raiders as a teenager. [1] He attended Brisbane Grammar School and played for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2006. [2]

Career

Murday was selected for the Australia U20 team that played in the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship in Wales. [3] He joined the RugbyWA Academy later that season and toured to the UK with the Force development side. [4]

In 2009 and 2010 Murday played with Sunnybank in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. He moved to the ACT to play for the Tuggeranong Vikings rugby club in 2011 and was selected for the Brumby Runners team that played in the 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup. [5] [6]

Murday played for two seasons in New Zealand's ITM Cup with Northland in 2013 and 2014. [1] He was also a member of the Blues extended squad, and won the World Club 10s title with the Auckland team in 2014. [7]

Returning to Brisbane to join the Queensland Reds, he made his Super Rugby debut against the Force at Lang Park on 21 February 2015. [8]

Murday signed a two-year deal with French club SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne in mid-2015. [9]

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References

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