Phillip Duke

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**Phil Duke**
Personal information
Full name	Phillip Duke
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1987–1988	Western Suburbs Magpies	27 (28)
Representative teams
1982 1982	Country New South Wales	1 (?) 1 (3)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Phillip Duke is a former rugby league player who was selected to represent the New South Wales Blues in game III of the 1982 State of Origin series.

Duke, playing for the Moree Boomerangs, was the first of three players in the Country Rugby League who were selected to play Origin without having played in first-grade competition (then the New South Wales Rugby League). Duke earned his selection after playing for Country in the annual City vs Country confrontation and he was placed on the wing for the third and deciding match of the Origin series. Although he scored the only New South Wales try in the game, Duke's performance was marred by a missed pass from Phil Sigsworth. The ball intended for Duke went astray and Queenslander Wally Lewis scooped it up, scored a try and won the game and the series for Queensland.^[1]

Duke later played two seasons with Western Suburbs Magpies, mainly as a winger.