Kilian Murphy
Inter-county
### Inter\-county

Murphy first came to prominence on the inter\-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team. He made his debut on 26 June 2007 in a Munster semi\-final defeat of [Clare](/wiki/Clare_GAA "Clare GAA"). Cork lost the subsequent Munster decider to [Tipperary](/wiki/Tipperary_GAA "Tipperary GAA"), however, both sides faced each other in the subsequent All\-Ireland decider. Cork took a four\-point lead after the first eleven minutes, however, Tipp took control for the rest of the game and secured a 3\-14 to 2\-11 victory.

In 2013 Murphy joined the Cork senior hurling panel. He was an unused substitute for Cork's championship campaign until the All\-Ireland final replay on 28 September, when he was introduced as a substitute. The game itself was regarded as one of the best deciders in recent years. Clare's [Shane O'Donnell](/wiki/Shane_O%27Donnell "Shane O'Donnell") was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat\-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Horgan top scored for Cork, however, further goals from [Conor McGrath](/wiki/Conor_McGrath "Conor McGrath") and [Darach Honan](/wiki/Darach_Honan "Darach Honan") secured a 5\-16 to 3\-16 victory for Clare.

On 3 April 2014 it was announced that Murphy had been dropped from Cork's championship panel.


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