Career
He represented Australia in test matches and Queensland in the State of Origin. His position of choice was halfback. Murray has also coached in the National Rugby League and State of Origin.
Playing He also represented his country on six occasions between 1982 and 1985 (not including one non-test international against Wales), and toured with the famous 1982 Invincibles, and made his test debut for Australia from the bench in a pre-Kangaroo Tour test against Papua New Guinea in Portuguese Moresby in 1982, though he would not play any of the 5 tests on the Kangaroo tour against Great Britain or France.
In 1983 he shifted to the Redcliffe club and played for them up until mid-way through the 1986 season. Coaching Murray"s playing career was cut short that year by an eye injury which required surgery.
Before his sacking, Murray had already been effectively demoted from the role as Roosters head coach, to be officially designated as "co-coach" with former Roosters player John Peard for much of the 1994 season. Murray was appointed coach of Queensland in 1999, but was released as coach after a disastrous 2000 series when the Maroons lost the final game 56-16.
That year, the Maroons suffered a 3-0 whitewash in the series.
Murray was also the coach of the Brisbane Norths rugby league team in 1998 when they defeated the Wests Panthers in the QLD Cup Grand Final. After the resignation of Chris Anderson as coach of the Melbourne Storm in April 2001, Murray took over the role for his second stint as a mentor in the NSWRL/Association of Research Libraries/NRL. He was unable to repeat the success of his predecessor however, and was ultimately released in favour of Craig Bellamy after the 2002 season. He since became the Chief Executive Officer of the Norths club
