Born and raised in Blenheim, he is a member of New Zealand's national rowing team and has competed in the eight and in the coxless pair.

[4] At the February 2012 New Zealand rowing championships at Lake Karapiro, he competed in two club and two senior men's boat classes.

The coxed four, which included Michael Brake and coxswain Sam Bosworth won gold at that regatta.

[10] With the March 2013 World Rowing Cup I being held in Sydney, he was invited to join the senior men's eight; they came fourth, narrowly beaten by Australia I for bronze.

[11] At the February 2014 New Zealand rowing championships, which started five days after the Halberg Awards, he competed in four boat classes.

[12] The March 2014 World Rowing Cup I was again held in Sydney, and Murray won two medals: silver in the coxless pair alongside Alex Kennedy, and bronze with the eight.

[13] He was called into the elite team for the year and went to the 2015 World Rowing Cups II and III with the eight, in Varese (Italy) and at the Swiss Rotsee, respectively.

[3][14] At the February 2016 New Zealand rowing championships, Murray won his first national title in the premier class.

In preparation for the Olympics, they travelled to the 2016 World Rowing Cup II on the Swiss Rotsee, they came fifth.

[19] At the 2017 World Rowing Cup III at the Swiss Rotsee, ahead of the Croatian Sinković brothers Martin and Valent.

[6] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, they won a bronze medal behind an Italian pair and the Sinković brothers.

At the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria, they won silver, beaten by the Sinković brothers for gold.

The title went instead to Hamish Bond, who had come out of retirement, who teamed up with James Lassche; Murray and Wilson won silver.

[28] In March 2021, Rowing New Zealand announced the elite team for the Olympic year and Murray was placed in the eight that had yet to qualify for the Games.

[32] In the final, they sprinted past Germany and Great Britain to win the gold medal.