Jenny Murphy

Jenny Murphy (born May 30, 1989) is a female rugby union player for Ireland. She was a member of the Ireland's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.[2] She also played at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia.[3]

Jenny Murphy
Date of birth (1989-05-30) May 30, 1989
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
UniversitySt Mary’s University, Twickenham
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
201x–201x Old Belvedere[1] ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
201x–201x Leinster[1] ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Ireland
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
 Ireland

As a child Murphy played Gaelic football and soccer.[4] She played with Ballymore Eustace GAA during her crucial player development years but in 2001 signed a controversial transfer to Kilcullen GAA. Despite this she is still regarded as a local treasure of Ballymore and notably in their top five best athletes.

At the start of the 2018/19 season, Murphy started coaching the inaugural Naas RFC Women's team alongside Leinster and Ireland U20's player Adam Coyle. The team were promoted from Leinster Women's League Division 4 to Division 3 in their breakthrough season.

Jenny is also a casual fill-in host for the SportsJOE.ie Baz and Andrew's House of Rugby Podcast starring former Munster and Ireland centre Barry Murphy alongside Ireland and Ulster back Andrew Trimble.

References
  1. "Preview: 2017 Women's Interprovincial Series". www.leinsterrugby.ie. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ur7s.com (20 June 2013). "Ireland Women name squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow". Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  4. skysports.com. "Jenny Murphy, Women's Rugby – Ireland". Retrieved 19 September 2014.

[1]

  1. Murphy, Jenny (12 April 2018). "Coming Up For Air - Jenny Murphy". The Sports Chronicle. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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