Jack Murchie

Jack Murchie (born 26 June 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Thirlmere-Tahmoor Roosters in the Macarthur Rugby League.

He previously played for the Canberra Raiders, New Zealand Warriors and the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Background Murchie was born in Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

His junior club was the Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs.

Career He represented the Australian under 23s rugby league team at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, where they defeated Tonga in the final 14-8 and were coached by former Queensland State of Origin and Papua New Guinea international, Adrian Lam.

2018 In round 19 of the 2018 NRL season, Murchie made his club debut for Canberra, played at the interchange bench in the controversial 24-28 loss to Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Southern Cross Group Stadium.

2019 Murchie only made one appearance for Canberra in the 2019 NRL season which came against Manly-Warringah in round 7. Canberra would lose the match 24-20 at Brookvale Oval.

2020 On 21 May, Murchie was granted a release from Canberra Raiders to join the New Zealand Warriors on a one-year deal. 9 days after joining the Warriors, Murchie made his New Zealand Warriors debut in round 3 of the 2020 NRL season against St. George Illawarra Dragons starting from the bench, in the 18–0 win.

2021-2022 Murchie eventually re-signed with the New Zealand Warriors until the end of the 2022 NRL season due to the successful run they had from late 2021 into 2022. Murchie made a total of 14 appearances for the New Zealand club in 2022 as they finished 15th on the table. On 6 September 2022, it was announced that Murchie had been released by the New Zealand side. On 7 October 2022, Murchie signed with the Parramatta Eels on a two-year deal until the end of 2024.

2023 Murchie made his club debut for Parramatta in round 1 of the 2023 NRL season against Melbourne. Parramatta would lose 16-12 in golden point extra-time. Murchie only made five appearances for Parramatta throughout the season as he struggled to break into the first grade side. On 29 August, Murchie signed a three-year deal to join English side Huddersfield starting in 2024.

2024 Murchie played in 11 games scoring 3 tries with Huddersfield in the 2024 Super League season as they finished 9th on the table.

2025 On 18 June 2025 it was reported that Murchie had left Huddersfield to allow him to return to Australia, and thus free-up an overseas slot. 2026 On 19 January, it was reported that he had joined Thirlmere-Tahmoor Roosters in the Macarthur Rugby League in NSW.