Mark Murray (rugby league)

Mark Murray (rugby league)
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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 15 games between 1981 and 1986. He also represented his country on six occasions between 1982 and 1985, and toured with the famous 1982 Invincibles. Murray also played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership with the Norths Devils, captaining them to a famous premiership win over Souths in 1980, before moving to the Valleys Diehards for the 1982 season to play beside rep teammate Wally Lewis. In 1983 he shifted to the Redcliffe club and played for them up until mid-way through the 1986 season.

Murray's playing career was cut short that year by an eye injury which required surgery. After coaching Redcliffe to a Woolies Trophy win and minor premiership in 1990, he was appointed coach of the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership between 1991 and 1994, before he was sacked mid-season and replaced by Arthur Beetson.

Murray was appointed coach of Queensland in 1999, but was released as coach after a disastrous 2000 series when the Maroons lost the final game 56-16. That year, the Maroons suffered a 3-0 whitewash in the series. He, along with Michael Hagan are the only two coaches in Queensland's history not to have won an Origin series for Queensland as coached (although Murray did coach the side in 1999 when the Maroons retained the shield and Hagan was assistant coach when they won the series in 2010), and also has the worst winning percentage of any Queensland coach, with only one win and one draw from six matches at 16.6%.

Murray was also the coach of the Brisbane Norths rugby league team in 1998 when they defeated the Wests Panthers in the QLD Cup Grand Final. After the resignation of Chris Anderson as coach of the Melbourne Storm in April 2001, Murray took over the role for his second stint as a mentor in the NSWRL/ARL/NRL.[1] He was unable to repeat the success of his predecessor however, and was ultimately released in favour of Craig Bellamy after the 2002 season. He since became the CEO of the Norths club.

References

  1. ^ news.bbc.co.uk (2001-04-02). "Angry Anderson leaves Storm". BBC Sport Online. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/rugby_league/1256477.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 

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Preceded by
Hugh McGahan
1990
Coach
Eastern Suburbs Roosters

1991-1994
Succeeded by
Arthur Beetson
1994
Preceded by
Wayne Bennett
1998
Coach
Queensland
State of Origin

1999-2000
Succeeded by
Wayne Bennett
2001-2003
Preceded by
Chris Anderson
1998-2001
Coach
Melbourne Storm

2001-2002
Succeeded by
Craig Bellamy
2003-

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