Murray Wright
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| Full name | Murray Thomas Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murray Wright is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1975 World Cup.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Wright played for Otahuhu and played for Auckland.[2] He was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the 1975 World Cup, but did not play a match at the tournament.[3]
Wright also had a brief spell in English club rugby league, making several appearances for Bramley during the 1974–75 season.[4]
In 1976 Wright moved to Christchurch, joining the Hornby club and representing Canterbury. The New Zealand Rugby League imposed a $1000 transfer fee.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ WRIGHT, Murray Thomas - 1975[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Coffey, John (5 May 1975). "Seven new forwards in Kiwi Rugby league team". The Press. No. 33834. Christchurch. p. 26 – via Papers Past.
- ^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.