Jim Murphy (rugby league)

James Michael Murphy (born 31 March 1948) is an Australian former rugby league player.

Jim Murphy

Personal information
Full name	James Michael Murphy
Born	(1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 77) Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Playing information
Position	Front row / Second row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1968–72 Souths (Brisbane) ? ? ? ? ? 1973–76 Western Suburbs 55 14 0 0 42 Total Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1970–72 Queensland 10 1 0 0 3 1972 Australia 1 0 0 0 0

A forward, Murphy played his early rugby league with the RAAF and Ipswich club West End. He competed for Souths from 1968 to 1972, then in 1973 moved down to Sydney, making 55 first-grade appearances for the Western Suburbs Magpies.^[1] An interstate player for Queensland, Murphy toured New Zealand with the national team in 1971.^[2] After being an unused reserve in the First Test of the 1972 series against New Zealand, Murphy made his only Test appearance in the second match at Lang Park, where he came on for Bob McCarthy during the second half.^[3][4][5]

Murphy settled in Kempsey, New South Wales.^[6]