Background
Murphy was born in Barcelona to Irish parents, Conor Murphy and Nicola Carroll.
Murphy was born in Barcelona to Irish parents, Conor Murphy and Nicola Carroll.
Murphy moved to Dublin at the age of nine where he attended Willow Park primary school.
He is registered to Lansdowne and plays for provincial and Pro12 League side Leinster. He was named after Catalonia"s patron saint Saint Jordi. A decision which was influenced by the nurses on duty the night of his birth as the following day was the Street Jordi"s Day festival.
Club career
Blackrock triumphed over Terenure in the final with an 18–9 victory making it their 66th senior title.
At the beginning of the 2011-2012 Pro 12 League season Leinster had 14 players unavailable for selection as they were representing Ireland in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. With a depleted squad and some impressive displays this led to Murphy getting his first senior appearance in their third game of the season.
The match was a 19–23 home defeat against Scottish side Glasgow Warriors with Murphy coming on as substitute in the 45th minute replacing Dominic Ryan. In the following league match on 24 September 2011 he made his first competitive start for Leinster in 15–10 away victory against Scarlets in which Fijian Isa Nacewa scored all of the Leinster points.
The match was Scarlets 5000th game in the region"s 139-year history.
Murphy scored his first try for the province against Cardiff Blues in a nine try victory. In the same match he also picked up the man-of-the-match award. International career
Murphy has represented Ireland at Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 levels.
In the summer of 2013 Murphy was selected for an Emerging Ireland squad for the 2013 Institutional Review Board Tbilisi Cup.
He went on to play in all three matches against Georgia, South Africa President"s XV and Uruguay. Ireland ended the competition as runners-up with Murphy providing an assist in final match for a Niall Annett try.
He gained his first senior cap for Ireland as a second-half replacement against England at Twickenham in the 2014 RBS 6 Nations on 22 February 2014, winning further caps against Italy (080314) and Argentina (070614 and 140614). Murphy is currently studying business at Dublin Institute of Technology (wwwditie).
He was a member of Ireland"s successful 6 Nations squad in 2015, starting in two test matches (Italy, England) and coming on as a replacement against France, Wales and Scotland during that campaign. In September 2015 he was selected as a member of 31-man Ireland squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.