Phillip Duke

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|14|df=yes}}

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|club1 = Moree Boomerangs

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|club2 = Western Suburbs

|year2start = 1987

|year2end = 1988

|appearances2 = 27

|tries2 = 7

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|teamA = Country Origin

|yearAstart = 1982

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|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/phillip-duke/summary.html RLP] [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Phillip_Duke.html RL stats]

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Phillip Duke (born 14 March 1960) is a former professional rugby league footballer 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 {{rlp|wg}} 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.{{cite web|website=Country Rugby League|title=Country Origin Players|url=http://www.crlnsw.com.au/history/countryorigin.php|accessdate=19 November 2007|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829094654/http://www.crlnsw.com.au/history/countryorigin.php |archivedate = 29 August 2007}}

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