Mahalia Murphy

Mahalia Murphy (born 19 January 1994) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who plays as centre for Parramatta Eels in the NRLW. She has represented Australia in both codes.

Mahalia Murphy

Murphy playing for Australia against NZ, August 2018
Personal information
Born	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 31) Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	73 kg (11 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020–22 St George Illawarra Dragons 3 0 0 0 0 2023– Parramatta Eels 9 3 0 0 12 Total 12 3 0 0 12 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–15 Indigenous All Stars 2 0 0 0 0 2015 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0 2015 Australia 1 3 0 0 12
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019–20 NSW Waratahs 5 2 0 0 10 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017–18 Australia 2015–19 Australia 7s
Source: [1] As of 2 November 2023

In 2015, she made her rugby league Test debut for Australia before switching to rugby union and representing Australia in 2017.

Early life

Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Murphy played her junior rugby league for the Doonside Roos and attended Hills Sports High School.^[2]

Playing career

Rugby league

In 2013, while playing for the Redfern All Blacks, Murphy represented the Indigenous All Stars.^[3] On 3 May 2015, Murphy made her Test debut for Australia, scoring a hat-trick in a 22–14 win over New Zealand.^[4] In June 2015, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 4–all draw with Queensland.^[5]

On 24 September 2020, Murphy returned to rugby league, joining the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.^[6] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Dragons, coming off the bench in a 18–4 loss to the Sydney Roosters.^[7]

Rugby union

In July 2015, Murphy represented Australia at the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea.^[8] In 2017, she represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.^[9] In 2019, she joined the New South Wales Waratahs Super W team.^[10]

Murphy was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand.^[11][12] She made the Wallaroos squad for a two-test series against the Black Ferns at the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.^[13][14] She was also selected in the team for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.^[15][16]