Lachlan Murphy

Biography

AFC Debut Number: 219               AFC Debut Game:  Round 1 v Essendon, 2018

AFC Career Guernsey Numbers: 44  2018-19  32 games     4  2020-25   88 games

Lachlan Murphy was the first player drafted from the Crows’ SANFL Development Squad.

He moved to South Australia after being overlooked at the 2016 AFL National Draft and signed on to play SANFL with Adelaide in 2017, picking up a job working in the club’s merchandise store.

Murphy, who won the Northern Knights best and fairest in their 2016 TAC Cup campaign, played every game in the 2017 season and won the Dean Bailey Award as the Club’s best and most dedicated development prospect. Adelaide then drafted Murphy as a rookie and in 2018 he was named to make his AFL debut in the Round One clash with Essendon. After two seasons as a rookie, Murphy was elevated to the senior list following a strong 2019 campaign in which he played 21 of a possible 22 games and kicked 19 goals. In 2023, the energetic small forward played 22 out of a possible 24 games. He then lined up in 17 matches in 2024, when he became the 60^th Crow to play 100 AFL games and was in the leadership group.

Murphy was delisted a the end of the 2025 season, when he played five AFL games for a total of 120. He also played 40 SANFL games for the Crows.