Damon Murphy
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| Birth name | Damon Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 December 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nudgee College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Dallan Murphy (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Damon Murphy (born 15 December 1984[citation needed]) is an Australian professional rugby union referee and a former national captain for Australia in rugby sevens.[2] His usual position was on the wing.
Damon Murphy was born in Brisbane and educated at Nudgee College. His younger brother Dallan Murphy also became a professional rugby union player.
Rugby career
Murphy played club rugby for Brothers Old Boys, where, playing mainly at fullback, he was the club's all-time leading try scorer [citation needed] with 96 tries during his career there spanning eleven seasons. He was selected for the Australian 7s team in 2004. After three seasons, including representing his country at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,[3] he refocused on fifteen-a-side rugby and signed with the Melbourne Rebels to play in the Australian Rugby Championship.[4]
Resuming his career with the national sevens team, Murphy was Australia's leading points scorer in the 2007–08 World Series.[5] He played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. He also captained the side.[2]
Murphy played for the Queensland Reds in 2012,[6] although was not selected for Super Rugby.