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| Full name | Murray Thomas Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1953-12-07) 7 December 1953 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
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
References
- "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 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.