| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cormac Ó Murchú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born | (1993-04-21)21 April 1993 (age 31) Mallow,County Cork,Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Technical analyst | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2010-present | Mallow | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
2011-2016 | University College Cork | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2014-present | Cork | 7 (0-03) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:58, 14 January 2018. | |||
Cormac Murphy (born 21 April 1993) is an Irishhurler who plays forCork Premier Championship clubMallow and at inter-county level with theCork senior hurling team. He currently plays as a right wing-forward, but can also be deployed as a wing-back.
During his studies atUniversity College Cork, Murphy was selected for the college's senior hurling team on a number of occasions. On 2 March 2013, he was an unused substitute when the university defeatedMary Immaculate College by 2-17 to 2-12 to win theFitzgibbon Cup.[1]
Murphy joined theMallow club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying championship success in under-14 and under-16 grades. He later won North Cork Under-21 Championship medals as a hurler in 2013 and as aGaelic footballer in 2014.[citation needed]
Murphy made his only appearance for the Cork minor hurling team on 27 April 2011 in a 2-14 to 0-12Munster Championship defeat byLimerick.[2]
On 6 June 2012, Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 team in a one-point defeat byTipperary in theMunster Championship.[3] His three seasons in this grade also ended without silverware.
After lining out for the Cork senior team in the early part of 2014, Murphy was also added to the Cork intermediate team and made his first appearance in a 1-21 to 3-09Munster Championship defeat ofWaterford on 25 May.[4] He later won a Munster Championship medal on 25 June after a 4-15 to 2-08 defeat ofTipperary in the final.[5]
On 28 July 2018, Murphy scored three points from centre-forward in Cork's 2-19 to 0-18All-Ireland final defeat ofWexford.[6]
Murphy was added to the extended training panel of the Cork senior team just before the start of the2014 Munster Championship.[7] He made his first appearance for the team on 14 February 2015 in a 1-22 to 2-17National Hurling League defeat byKilkenny.[8] On 3 May, Murphy was at left wing-back for Cork's 1-24 to 0-17 defeat byWaterford in the National League final.[9] He made his first championship start in a 3-19 to 1-21Munster Championship defeat by Waterford on 7 June.[10] Murphy was dropped from the Cork panel prior to the start of the2017 Munster Championship.
In November 2018, Murphy was recalled to the Cork senior panel.[11]
| Team | Year | Munster League | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | — | 7 | 0-04 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-02 | 11 | 0-06 | ||
| 2016 | 2 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-03 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-04 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | — | — | 5 | 0-01 | |||
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 2 | 0-04 | 1 | 0-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-08 | |
| Total | 8 | 0-05 | 15 | 0-11 | 2 | 0-01 | 5 | 0-02 | 30 | 0-19 | |