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]
| Date of birth | May 30, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | St Mary’s University, Twickenham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ a b "Preview: 2017 Women's Interprovincial Series". www.leinsterrugby.ie. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ skysports.com. "Jenny Murphy, Women's Rugby – Ireland". Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ Murphy, Jenny (12 April 2018). "Coming Up For Air - Jenny Murphy". The Sports Chronicle. Retrieved 14 April 2019.