[5] On 26 July he was again named at full-back but lined out at right corner-back in Cork's 0-16 to 1-11 defeat by Limerick in the Munster Championship final.
[6] On 4 July 2018, Murphy scored a point from centre-back when Cork defeated Tipperary by 2-23 to 1-13 to win the Munster Championship for the first time in 11 years.
[8] Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team in the pre-season Munster League on 2 January 2019.
In spite of being named at left wing-back he started the game on the bench but was introduced as a half-time substitute for Aidan Walsh in the 1-24 to 1-18 defeat by Waterford.
[11] With the help of friends and family, Murphy did however manage to turn his life around and despite being unable to shake the affectionate nickname "repeatard", he has not had a single repeat exam for over two years.