Six years on, he's married with two sons at Adamstown and captaining a team coached by his father-in-law.

Life has taken quite the unexpected course while Down Under, but Murch has been happy to go along for the ride.

University coach Tony Munro is glad to have son-in-law Murch on his side.

"He [Murch] is captain, he's been best and fairest most weeks and his stats are through the roof," Munro said.

"He's made a huge difference for us."

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But it hasn't always been the case, that Murch and Munro were wearing the same colours.

They had a small taste with the Newcastle Hunter Rugby Union representative squad in 2015 and 2016, but when they first met the year before Murch was with Wanderers and Munro had recently coached Merewether.

Murch was dating now wife Emily, who is Munro's daughter.

"It's a lot different now," Murch said.

"When we first met I was with Wanderers and it was a very Greens [Merewether] household."

Murch reckons family affairs get put aside once him and Munro are together with The Students.

"It's all good at rugby," Murch said.

"Our first experience was with the rep program. Tony was coaching and I was playing. It's always been quite natural, that coach-player relationship. The fact he's my father-in-law really goes by the wayside once we're there."

Murch arrived at Wanderers in 2014 after a season playing for the Barraba Rams in the NSW Central North competition, despite originally being set for a US adventure before his visa fell through while still in England.

He won a premiership straight up with the Two Blues and played in losing grand finals the following two campaigns.

In 2017 he played the second half of the year in third grade, claiming a title, after taking time off for the birth of his first child Tom.

Last year he "got back into it" at Wanderers and after welcoming kid No.2 into the world, now five-month-old Mack, the financial planner opted to jump ship and join Munro at University.

"It's definitely been a change in environment," Murch said.

"Wanderers were winning premierships and making finals. University is in a rebuilding phase, focusing on their culture and looking to the future."

There may only be one win next to The Students' name in 2019, but the 29-year-old inside centre said he was enjoying the "new challenge" at Bernie Curran Oval.

University have the bye this weekend.