Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin kakar 2011-12, Connacht ya cancanci gasar cin kofin Heineken Cup ta farko. Gabanin farkon kakar Connacht a matakin farko na rugby na Turai, kungiyar ta sanya hannu kan wani dan wasan tsakiya, Paul O'Donohoe daga Leinster. Murphy ya kasance zaɓin farko na Connacht a wannan matsayi, yana wasa wasanni 20 a cikin
2011<unk>12 gasar, wanda aka sake masa suna "Pro12". A gasar cin kofin Heineken, duk da haka, Murphy ya fara wasa biyu ne kawai daga cikin wasanni shida na kungiyar, yana zuwa a matsayin mai maye gurbin a wasu biyu.