Rory Murphy

Defensive Midfielder - Newcastle Jets
26 May 2029
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143 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad23 Apr 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Nikos Vergos

31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Newcastle Jets lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

Ethan Alagich says Newcastle Jets went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Newcastle Jets

Alex Nunes was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

The manager has not finished forgetting Ethan Alagich's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

Feyzo Kasumović gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

When it matters, Ntisikelelo Mbele plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

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117 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Newcastle Jets run out of patience with Chris Grant

The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Chris Grant clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.

Squad23 Oct 2028

64 days out for Joe Lolley after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Newcastle Jets will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Bradley Bailey minds the shop at Newcastle Jets

“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Bradley Bailey recited it perfectly.

Match21 Oct 2028

5 matches without a win for Newcastle Jets

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Newcastle Jets are no longer polite ones.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Thomas Jok Deng in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newcastle Jets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle Jets

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Words at Newcastle Jets training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikos Vergos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market23 Oct 2028

Newcastle Jets promote Rory Murphy from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rory Murphy has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market23 Oct 2028

One of our own: Isaac Powell joins the Newcastle Jets first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Powell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief