Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kakar 2011-12, Connacht ya cancanci gasar cin kofin Heineken 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 buga wasanni 20 a gasar 2011-12
, 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.