Eoin Murphy

Eoin Murphy (born 6 August 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Glenmore and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.

He usually lines out as a goalkeeper.

He is widely considered the best modern goalkeeper in the sport, and one of the best of all time.

Murphy first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer at New Ross Vocational College.

It was during his time here that he was selected for the Wexford vocational schools' team.

Murphy won back-to-back All-Ireland B Championship medals in 2008 and 2009.

Murphy studied at the Waterford Institute of Technology and joined the senior hurling team in his second year at the institute.

Murphy first played for Kilkenny as a member of the minor team during the 2008 Leinster Championship.

He made his first appearance for the team on 6 April 2008 when he lined out in goal in Kilkenny's 3-12 to 0-15 defeat of Wexford.

On 6 July 2008, Murphy was again in goal when he collected a Leinster Championship medal following a 1-19 to 0-12 defeat of Wexford in the final.

On 7 September 2008, Kilkenny faced Galway in the All-Ireland final.

Although held scoreless for much of the second half, Murphy collected a winners' medal following the 3-06 to 0-13 victory.

Murphy was drafted onto the Kilkenny under-21 team as sub-goalkeeper in advance of the Leinster Championship.

On 10 October 2009, Murphy lined out at left wing-back when Glenmore faced Muckalee in the Kilkenny Football Championship final.

He ended the game with a winners' medal following the 2-7 to 0-10 victory.

He won a Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship medal as an unused substitute on 15 July 2009 following Kilkenny's 2-20 to 1-09 defeat of Dublin in the final.

Murphy was again an unused substitute on 13 September 2009 when Kilkenny suffered a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat by Clare in the All-Ireland final.

On 9 June 2010, Murphy made his first appearance for the Kilkenny under-21 team.

He scored three points from right corner-forward following Kilkenny's 2-31 to 0-08 defeat of Offaly.

Murphy was added to the Kilkenny intermediate hurling team in advance of the 2010 Leinster Championship.

He won a Leinster Championship medal as an unused substitute on 7 July 2010 following a 1-21 to 0-11 defeat of Dublin in the final.

On 28 August 2010, Murphy was again an unused substitute when Kilkenny defeated Cork by 2-17 to 1-13 in the All-Ireland final.

Murphy was eligible for the under-21 grade for a third and final season in 2011.

He made his final appearance in the grade on 7 June 2011 and top scored with 0-05 in the 1-16 to 2-12 defeat by Wexford.

On 6 July 2011, Murphy made his Kilkenny intermediate team debut.

He won a second successive Leinster Championship medal on that occasion after top scoring with 1-07 in a 2-15 to 2-13 defeat of Wexford in the final.

Murphy was added to the Kilkenny senior team as third-choice goalkeeper for the 2011 season.

On 3 July 2011, he won a Leinster Championship medal as a member of the extended panel following Kilkenny's 4-17 to 1-15 defeat of Dublin in the final.

Murphy again failed to make the match-day panel but was on the extended panel when Kilkenny faced Tipperary in the All-Ireland final on 4 September 2011.

He ended the game with an All-Ireland medal following the 2-17 to 1-16 victory.

Murphy was promoted to second-choice goalkeeper behind David Herity during the 2012 National League.

He made his first appearance on 11 March 2012 when he lined out in goal in a 2-21 to 1-15 defeat of Waterford.

On 1 March 2014, he captained the team from centre-back when Waterford IT defeated the Cork Institute of Technology by 0-17 to 0-12 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup.

Murphy joined the Glenmore club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels as a dual player before eventually joining the club's top adult teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.

On 25 October 2015, Murphy won a Kilkenny Junior Championship medal as part of the Glenmore hurling team that defeated Kilmacow by 1-12 to 2-06 in the final.

He was one of the club's top scorers throughout the championship after amassing 6-28.

On 16 January 2016, Murphy lined out at right wing-forward when Glenmore faced Lusmagh in the Leinster final.

He top scored with 0-08, including four frees, and ended the game with a winners' medal following the 0-23 to 0-13 defeat of Lusmagh.

Murphy was switched to centre-forward for the All-Ireland final against Eoghan Rua on 7 February 2016.

He scored a point from play and collected an All-Ireland medal following the 2-08 to 0-12 victory.