Murphy’s law inspires rampant Perpignan to victory

Perpignan 23 Munster 8

The son of Dublin parents who were among the Stade Aime Giral crowd to see the French side pull off a hugely impressive victory, Murphy was the only capped player in a Perpignan pack that outplayed their Munster rivals throughout a second half in which they were playing into the teeth of a strong, cold wind.

"It's a great day for the club," said Murphy. "It's been a big transition for the past couple of months and although everybody isn't happy at the way we are going, we've now had three good wins in a row against Gloucester, Narbonne and Munster. We were ready for a tough match. Munster like to play with the ball, they like to try things and they're very physical as well and I'm going to have a few bumps and bruises in the morning."