Aaron Murphy is an English
rugby league
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footballer who plays for
Sheffield Eagles
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in the
Betfred Championship
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, as a or .
He previously played for the
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...
.
Background
Murphy was born in
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, West Yorkshire, England.
Career
He commenced his
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
career with
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...
in 2008. In 2010, after an injury to the Wakefield Trinity first choice fullback
Matt Blaymire, Murphy managed to hold down a regular first team place. In 2012 Murphy moved to the
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
side where he became an integral part of the team, playing a big part in the clubs
League Leaders' Shield
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win in 2013 and subsequent play off campaigns. At the end of the 2020 season he signed a two-year deal with
RFL Championship
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side
Bradford
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.
References
External links
Huddersfield Giants profile*(archived by web.archive.org
Murphy signs new Wakefield dealSL profile
1988 births
Living people
Bradford Bulls players
English rugby league players
Huddersfield Giants players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Leeds
Sheffield Eagles players
Wakefield Trinity players
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