Graham Murray
Graham Murray
Graham Murraywas an Australian professional rugby league footballer and head coach for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls of the Queensland Cup. A former New South Wales State of Origin team head coach, Murray coached extensively at the highest club level: Illawarra Steelers, Hunter Mariners, Leeds Rhinos, Sydney Roosters and North Queensland Cowboys between the years 1991 and 2008. He also coached the Fiji national rugby league team, the City New South Wales rugby league team, the New South Wales state of...
game good happy hard patches quite score won
There were some patches of play that were quite good and you can't be right on your game in the first game of the season. We're really happy we won and won by that score but it's a hard season.
ball bloke came checked game interfere judges players playing saying touch
Can I say this: my players came back to me after the touch judges checked their studs before the game saying they had been told the bloke playing the ball could not interfere with a defender.
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I fully understand where he's coming from, he's probably only got so many games left in him and wants to show a fair bit of loyalty to the club that's been very good to him over the years.
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We don't set it too high, we keep the bar at a reasonable level which means semi-final bound. But I can see we've developed a pretty special team at the moment and particularly if we continue to do as we've done in the trials I think there's a hell of a lot of rewards for us this year.
expected medical staff
That was as expected by the medical staff - they'll be fine.
circumstance good job tough
I think he did a pretty good job in the end that bloke. They were pretty tough circumstances.
board good intentions leaving opened
I don't have any intentions of leaving and it's just good now the board have opened up negotiations.
left
Those things that are in frustration should be left on the field. But I don't like to see that from my players.
couple football sure
We had a couple of talks. I wanted to make sure football was still important to him and how important he was to the Cowboys.
legends retire takes
When legends retire someone comes in and takes their spot, don't they?
department handled number school weeks worked
We've worked with him for a number weeks now to school him up in that department and I thought he handled it well.
attacking niche players strengthen wonderful
They are wonderful attacking players and I'd like to see them find a niche between each other to strengthen their potency.
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They are two big, strong young lads and with what they have shown to us in the short time they have been at the club I am pretty sure they will turn out to be very good buys for us.
difficult form good suppose
It's a difficult one, but I suppose if we're ever going to we're in good form to do that.