Brendan Murphy

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firstname = Brendan
lastname = Murphy
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originalteam = Rathvilly (Carlow GAA)
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playingteams = Sydney Swans (2007-)

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Brendan Murphy (Irish: " Breandán Ó Murchú" ) is an Aussie Rules player for the Sydney Swans and was a former minor Gaelic Athletic Association player for Rathvilly in County Carlow. He played for the (Carlow GAA) minor football team and was on the team that lost the Leinster minor football championship final to Laois in 2007. His final game in Carlow was in the U21 county championship final, which Rathvilly won by 0-5 to 0-2. Brendan scored Rathvilly's fifth point - a free from 40 metres out. [Cite news |url=http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=32893|title=GAA: Rathvilly win awful final after five-month wait |date=2007-10-24 |publisher=Carlow Nationalist] .

In early November, Brendan left Ireland and made the journey to Sydney, Australia to play in the AFL. [Cite news |url=http://sports.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2007/08/31/GAA-Carlow-minor-star-joins-Sydney-Swans/?facets/sport-space/ireland-locale/gaa/|title=Carlow minor star joins Sydney Swans |date=2007-08-31 |publisher=Setanta Sports] . Brendan currently writes a column on Page 6 of The Nationalist about his experiences Down Under [Cite news |url=http://ie.setanta.com/portal/article/gaa?open&articleid=58b208c633db13138025732a0031465f |title=Roos: Talent exodus to AFL on the cards |date=2007-08-01 |publisher=Setanta Sports] . He made an impressive start in 2007. [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22809647-5001023,00.html]

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