Stephen Molumphy

Stephen Molumphy (born 11 January 1984) is an Irish former hurler with Waterford senior hurling team.

[1] When St. Colman's College faced Gort Community School in the All-Ireland final on 5 May 2001, Molumphy played at corner forward and ended the game with a winners' medal following the 2–10 to 2–07 victory.

On 23 March 2002, he scored a point from left wing-forward when St. Colman's College defeated Our Lady's Secondary School from Templemore by 2–18 to 0–06 to retain the Harty Cup title.

On 10 March 2007, he lined out at midfield when NUI Galway suffered a 0–13 to 1–07 defeat by the Limerick Institute of Technology in the Fitzgibbon Cup final.

On 6 November 2005, Molumphy lined out at midfield when Ballyduff Upper faced Passage in the Waterford Intermediate Championship final in the 1–13 apiece draw.

He made his first appearance on 8 July 2006 when he was introduced as a 52nd-minute substitute for James Murray at right corner-back in a 2–17 to 1–13 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.

[12] On 7 September 2008, Molumphy was selected at left wing-forward when Waterford qualified to play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1963.

[13] Molumphy was appointed joint-captain of the Waterford team alongside Ken McGrath at the start of the 2009 season.

He captained the team from midfield and scored two points when Waterford were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final on 10 July 2011.

[19] On 5 January 2013, Waterford manager Michael Ryan confirmed Molumphy's unavailability to the team for the 2013 season due to overseas work commitments with the army in Lebanon.

[21] He played his last game for Waterford on 19 July 2014 when he came on as a 43rd-minute substitute for Darragh Fives at right wing-forward and scored one point in a 3–15 to 2–15 defeat by Wexford in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.

He made his final appearance for the team on 9 February 2014 when he lined out at left wing-forward in a 1–18 to 0–16 defeat by Connacht in the semi-final.

On 21 November 2018, it was revealed that Molumphy had joined Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford senior hurling management team as a selector.

[28] Previous to this Molumphy was manager of Castlemartyr intermediate hurling team in Cork for two years 2016–2017 and led them to league promotion in 2016.

[29] In September 2021 Molumphy was appointed as manager of the Kerry senior hurling team for the coming season.

Only to fall short to Antrim by a single point in the final, the closest Kerry have ever come to promotion to Liam McCarthy hurling.