Managerial statistics
- As of match played 13 April 2024
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Ireland U20 |  | 2021 | Present | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 80 | |||
| Ulster | | 2024 | Present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | |||
| Total | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 72.41 | ||||||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School | Presentation College, Bray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | John Murphy (uncle) Ben Murphy (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richie Murphy (born 1 January 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Ireland national under-20 rugby union team. Following the 2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, he took charge of Ulster as interim head coach.
He was educated at Presentation College, Bray, and captained the school to the Leinster Schools Junior Cup in 1990. [1] He played out-half for Greystones, Clontarf, Carlow and Old Belvedere in the All-Ireland League, represented Leinster, [2] including two appearances in the 1998–99 Heineken Cup. [3] and turned down opportunities to play professionally in England and Italy, preferring to stay in Ireland. [4] He was the All-Ireland League's record points scorer until 2017, when he was overtaken by Dolphin's Barry Keeshan. [5]
He worked for Leinster as a player development officer, and became the province's kicking coach in 2010, helping to develop players like Johnny Sexton, Ian Madigan and Fergus McFadden. Sexton would phone him for guidance while at the 2011 Rugby World Cup with Ireland. In 2013 he was backs coach for Emerging Ireland for the Tblisi Cup under head coach Allen Clarke. [6] He became kicking coach for the senior Ireland team in 2013, and alongside that role he became head coach of the Ireland national under-20 rugby union team in 2021, taking over from Kieran Campbell. [7] Under his leadership Ireland won two Grand Slams in a row in the 2022 and 2023 Under 20s Six Nations, [8] were losing finalists in the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship, [9] and finished second and unbeaten in the 2024 Under-20s Six Nations. [10] After the departure of Dan McFarland, Ulster named Murphy as interim head coach from the end of the 2024 Under-20s Six Nations to the end of the 2023–24 season. [11]
He is the nephew of the former Ireland international Johnny Murphy, [4] and has two sons who are rugby players: Ben Murphy plays scrum-half for Leinster, and Jack Murphy is an Ireland Under-20 international at out-half. [12]
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Ireland U20 | | 2021 | Present | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 80 | |||
| Ulster | | 2024 | Present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | |||
| Total | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 72.41 | ||||||
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