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Eoghan Murphy (born 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right wing-back.

Playing career

University College Cork

On 23 February 2019, Murphy was joint-captain of the University College Cork team that faced Mary Immaculate College in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. He was at centre-back in the 2-21 to 0-13 victory.

Murphy was involved in a second successive Fitzgibbon Cup final on 12 February 2020 when he once again served as joint-captain of the team. Selected at full-back, he suffered a broken finger which ruled him out for the remainder of the competition. However the UCC team prevailed after the 0-18 to 2-11 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow.

Sarsfields

Murphy joined the Sarsfields club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels and experienced championship success in the minor and under-21 grades.

Cork

Minor and Under 21

Murphy first lined out for Cork when he captained the minor team during the 2015 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team at centre-back on 8 April in a 2-20 to 1-13 defeat of Limerick.

On 13 July 2017, Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 hurling team when he lined out at full-back in Cork's one-point defeat of Waterford. On 26 July he was again named at full-back but lined out at right corner-back in Cork's 0-16 to 1-11 defeat by Limerick in the Munster Championship final.

On 4 July 2018, Murphy scored a point from centre-back when Cork defeated Tipperary by 2-23 to 1-13 to win the Munster Championship for the first time in 11 years. He was at right wing-back when Cork suffered a 3-13 to 1-16 defeat by Tipperary in the All-Ireland final on 26 August.

Senior

Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team in the pre-season Munster League on 2 January 2019. In spite of being named at left wing-back he started the game on the bench but was introduced as a half-time substitute for Aidan Walsh in the 1-24 to 1-18 defeat by Waterford.

Managing career

In Spring of 2019, Murphy was invited to join the management team of Ed Byrnely F.C. by Sporting Director, Bill Sheehan (hurler). His appointment was greeted with great enthusiasm amongst the Ed Byrnly faithful however he failed to live up to the hype with his team failing to win a single game under his stewardship. One particularly disgruntled fan in a post match interview for Ed Byrnely Fan TV compared his presence on the sideline to "a rabbit caught in the headlights." His contract was cancelled on 25 February 2019. He has not taken up a managing position since then, nor is there any prospect of anybody hiring him as one in the future.

Academic career

Murphy has studied Process and Chemical Engineering in University College Cork since 2015. Tragedy struck in August 2017, however, when he was informed that he had failed two repeat exams and as a result would have to repeat second year. He has attributed his failure to "living like a cowboy". With the help of friends and family, Murphy did however manage to turn his life around and despite being unable to shake the affectionate nickname "repeatard", he has not had a single repeat exam for over two years.

Personal life

Murphy is a keen hunter, with a particular fondness for hunting wild pigeons.

Honours

University College Cork

• Fitzgibbon Cup (2): 2019 (jc), 2020

Sarsfields

• Cork Premier Under-21 A Hurling Championship (1): 2017(C)
• Cork Premier 1 Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2014
• Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2014

Cork

• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2018

References

1. "Fitzgibbon Cup final: UCC in a different class". Hogan Stand. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
2. Farrell, Sinéad (12 February 2020). "14-man UCC come from 6 points down to win Fitzgibbon Cup final against IT Carlow". The 42. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
3. Hurley, Denis (9 January 2015). "Sarsfields aiming to match 'best-ever year'". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
4. O'Callaghan, Therese (2 July 2015). "Limerick minors deliver late knockout to Cork". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
5. O'Toole, Fintan (13 July 2017). "Late Dalton goal hands 14-man Cork dramatic win over Waterford in Munster U21 semi-final". The 42. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
6. O'Brien, Kevin (26 July 2017). "Limerick hold off brave Cork fight-back to lift their second Munster U21 title in three years". The 42. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
7. Cormican, Eoghan (4 July 2018). "Cork outclass Tipperary on home soil to end 11-year Munster U21 hurling crown wait". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
8. "Injury time drama as late Tipperary goal secures All-Ireland U21 victory over Cork". Irish Independent. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
9. Hurley, Denis (2 January 2019). "0-13 for Bennett and a goal for Brick Walsh as Waterford saw off Cork tonight". The 42. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
10. Murphy, Eoghan (3 June 2019). Eoghan Murphy: My Story. Up Them Steps. p. 25.
11. Murphy, Eoghan (3 June 2019). Eoghan Murphy: My Story. Up Them Steps. p. 25.
12. Murphy, Eoghan (3 June 2019). Eoghan Murphy: My Story. Up Them Steps. p. 25.
13. Murphy, Eoghan (3 June 2019). Eoghan Murphy: My Story. Up Them Steps. p. 25.

External links

• 2018 Cork Under-21 Hurling team player profiles Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine at the Cork GAA website

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Sarsfields (Cork) hurlers
• Cork inter-county hurlers
• Hurling backs
• 21st-century Irish sportsmen