Geordan Murphy

Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was officially named George after his father but his mother called him Geordan to avoid confusion. His five brothers and sister all played rugby union. Murphy was educated at Newbridge College, Newbridge, County Kildare before attending Waterford Institute of Technology and De Montfort University in Leicester. Murphy played Gaelic football at Minor (U18) level with Kildare GAA in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. ==Playing career==

In 1997 shortly before he joined Leicester Tigers, Murphy gained his first U19 cap for Ireland, playing his club rugby with Naas. He gradually made his way into the Tigers' first team squad, while gaining caps for Ireland U21. Opportunities at fullback were limited by the presence of Tim Stimpson, but he gained a place on the right wing. Murphy started in both of Leicester's back-to-back Heineken Cup final wins in 2001 In May 2009, Murphy was named in the Barbarians squad to play England and Australia along with Ireland teammate Gordon D'Arcy. He took over the Tigers captaincy on the field in the 2008/09 season, when club captain Martin Corry was not in the team, and led them to two finals that season – Heineken Cup and English Premiership, the latter of which they won. On 11 September Murphy was picked to start in the first match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup since Rob Kearney was injured. Ireland won the game 22–10 against the United States. He came on then to replace Keith Earls in the Russia game. In May 2012, Murphy announced his retirement from international rugby, and in May 2013, retired from playing all forms of the game after collecting the eighth Premiership title of his career, though he did not play in the Final win over Northampton that season.{{cite news ==Coaching==

Murphy joined the staff as an assistant coach at Leicester from the 2013–14 season onwards. He masterminded Tigers winning of the 2016–17 Anglo-Welsh Cup, the first Tigers trophy won in the period Murphy was part of the coaching team. He acted as head coach for the September 2017 game versus Bath as new head coach Matt O'Connor had only just arrived. Murphy was placed in formal interim charge of Leicester Tigers on 3 September 2018 following the sacking of O'Connor. This position was made permanent in December 2018. He was promoted to director of rugby on 1 July 2020 with the appointment of Steve Borthwick as head coach. His contract was terminated ahead of the 2020–21 season. He took up the role of Director of Rugby Performance at Stamford School in August 2025. == Honours ==

Leicester: 2x European (Heineken) Cup- 2001, 2002 8x Gallagher Premiership- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013 2x Anglo-Welsh Cup- 2007, 2012 Ireland: 1x Six Nations Championship- 2009 ==References==