Tom Murday (born 24 April 1989) is an Australian

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footballer. He is currently signed to the French club

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and previously played for the

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in the

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competition. His usual position is lock, however he can also play in the backrow.

Early life

Murday was raised in Mossman in North Queensland, and he played junior club rugby for the Port Douglas Reef Raiders as a teenager. He attended

Brisbane Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , established = 1868 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender = Boys , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , key_people = , ci ...

and played for the

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rugby team in 2006.

Career

Murday was selected for the Australia U20 team that played in the

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in Wales. He joined the RugbyWA Academy later that season and toured to the UK with the Force development side. In 2009 and 2010 Murday played with Sunnybank in the

Queensland Premier Rugby Queensland Premier Rugby is a semi professional club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. Nine clubs play in the competition, eight of which are from Brisbane with one club from the Gold Coast. The premiership has been contested ...

competition. He moved to the ACT to play for the

Tuggeranong Vikings The Tuggeranong Vikings are a rugby union club based in Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory. It is supported by 4 licensed clubs based in Wanniassa, Greenway, Conder, Chisholm. The club has been successful in local and national competiti ...

rugby club in 2011 and was selected for the Brumby Runners team that played in the 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup. Murday played for two seasons in New Zealand's

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with in 2013 and 2014. He was also a member of the extended squad, and won the World Club 10s title with the Auckland team in 2014. Returning to Brisbane to join the

, he made his

debut against the at

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on 21 February 2015.Super Rugby - Brisbane, 21 February 2015
ESPN. Murday signed a two-year deal with French club

SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne (), commonly referred to as SU Agen, Agen () or SUALG, is a French professional rugby union club based in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne that competes in the Pro D2, France's second division of rugby. Founded in 1908, Ag ...

in mid-2015.

References

External links

itsrugby.co.uk profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murday, Tom 1989 births Australian rugby union players Queensland Reds players Northland rugby union players SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players Rugby union locks Living people Australian expatriate rugby union players Australian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in France Rugby union players from Queensland Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate rugby union players in Japan People from Mossman, Queensland