Adam Muir

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 7th December, 1971
Current Age
52 years and 103 days
Place Of Birth
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former Newcastle forward first represented NSW during the troubled 1995 season. A mobile runner with the ball, Muir made his Test debut as a reserve in the opening match of the Trans Tasman series that year. A late withdrawal from the Second Test line-up because of illness, Muir was later selected in Australia’s World Cup squad at the end of year in which Super League rebels were not considered for selection. In England he played in one Test, against South Africa, with his only other Test appearance was the farcical match against Fiji in 1996 at the height of the Super League war. Muir was in good form that year, scoring the winning try for Country Origin, but after being selected as lock in the opening State of Origin match he suffered a punctured lung after a shoulder charge on Billy Moore went wrong. In 1997, in a move that may have been a little premature, Muir announced his intention to play with Norths. Season’s end saw Muir play a stirring role in Newcastle’s grand final success, the 22-16 win over Manly in the Optus Cup, and the big forward no doubt found it hard to leave a winning team on such a high. Muir struggled with ankle and knee injuries in his two seasons with the Bears and after being fined for misbehaviour after a pre-season match in Wagga in early 1999, he threatened to leave the club after clashing with coach Peter Louis. Muir was a major signing of the merged N’Eagles in 2000 and made his return to the successful NSW State of Origin team. After two seasons in which the N’Eagles merger was wracked by internal strife and poor team performances, he signed on as captain of the reborn Souths club in 2002. Although he signed for two seasons injury forced him into premature retirement in 2003.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 185 50 -   - 200 87 94 4 47.03% List
City vs Country 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
State of Origin 13 2 -   - 8 8 5 0 61.54% List
Test Series 1 1 -   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 9 3 -   - 12 5 4 0 55.56% List
World Cup 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1995-96 3 1 -   - 4 3 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1995 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1995-97, 2000-01 13 2 -   - 8 8 5 0 61.54% List
NSW Country 1995-96 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1995-2001 15 3 0   0 12 9 6 0 60.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newcastle NSWRL 1992 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1993 15 4 -   - 16 7 8 0 46.67% List
Newcastle NSWRL 1994 20 8 -   - 32 8 12 0 40.00% List
Newcastle ARL 1995 21 4 -   - 16 13 8 0 61.90% List
Newcastle ARL 1996 18 5 -   - 20 8 8 2 44.44% List
Newcastle ARL 1997 25 8 -   - 32 16 8 1 64.00% List
North Sydney NRL 1998 14 6 -   - 24 10 4 0 71.43% List
North Sydney NRL 1999 10 3 -   - 12 4 6 0 40.00% List
Northern Eagles NRL 2000 21 7 -   - 28 7 14 0 33.33% List
Northern Eagles NRL 2001 24 5 -   - 20 11 12 1 45.83% List
Souths NRL 2002 16 - -   - - 3 13 0 18.75% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newcastle 1992-97 100 29 -   - 116 52 45 3 52.00% List
North Sydney 1998-99 24 9 -   - 36 14 10 0 58.33% List
Northern Eagles 2000-01 45 12 -   - 48 18 26 1 40.00% List
Souths 2002 16 - -   - - 3 13 0 18.75% List
Overall1992-2002 185 50 0   0 200 87 94 4 47.03% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    22/06/2011

    hurtzy was a fantastic footballer especially running of johnsy

  • david gaminde
    31/07/2014

    I WOULD RANK HURTSY AS THE BEST SECOND-ROW FORWARD THAT THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS HAS PRODUCED.......VIVA HURTSY!!!!!!!!

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Steven Russo

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995