UCC Hockey Scholarships

Name: Robyn Murphy

Position: Midfield/ Forward

Early Career: Robyn began her hockey when she joined Ashton Hockey Club at 8 years of age and instantly fell in love with the game. Attending St Angela’s she started her school hockey career at 13 and was selected for the senior team in second year. Robyn went onto Captain her senior team in her final year of secondary school.

Club Career: Robyn played for Ashton Hockey Club for ten years before she joined UCC Hockey Club in 2023. She started off in the underage divisions and at 15 started her senior career with the club. She won under age Player of the Year and Women’s Division 1 Player of the Year during her time in the club. Before moving to UCC Robyn was Vice Captain of the Senior team in Ashton.

Provincial Career:  Robyn first wore the red jersey for Munster when she was 14 and played two years at U16 level. She then progressed to U18 level where she captained Munster to an U18 Interpro final in 2022. Last season Robyn played for the Munster u21 team.

In 2022 Robyn won the Munster Young Player of the year.

In 2023 Robyn was nominated for Munster Senior Player of the Year.

International Career: Robyn follows a proud family tradition, her grandmother Mary Curtin (nee Curran) played senior hockey for Ireland and her aunts and mum played at underage levels. At 16 Robyn received her first cap for Ireland (U16) when she played against England in 2020. Robyn progressed to the U18 Irish team in 2022. She played in a 5 nations Series, a Scottish Series and an 8 Nations in Barcelona.

Studies : Robyn is currently a first year student studying Government and Political Science.

Name: Sarah Murphy

Position: Midfield

Early Career: Sarah started playing hockey at the age of 6 up in Cork Harlequins coached by her Mother underage. She then began secondary school in Mount Mercy College where she won 2 senior cups (captaining in her final year). Sarah continued to go on and play Munster and Irish u16,u18 and u21 in her schooling years.

Club Career: Sarah played for Cork Harlequins from underage to 6th year progressing onto their EYHL1 team. Sarah was a frequent starter for this team playing alongside internationals such as Roisin Upton, Yvonne O’Byrne and Cliodhna Sargent. Sarah, along with a few other UCC teammates, played for the Cork Harlequins team that won the Irish Senior Cup in 2019.

International debut and Career: Sarah played her first international game against the USA at under 16 and followed on to represent her country at u18 and 21. Sarahs u21 journey was cut short after two years with the team by an ACL injury meaning that she would miss out on being part of the Junior World Cup squad in South Africa. Although Sarah gave it her all and was committed to the international scene for 4 years.

Professional and Personal Bio: Sarah is currently in the 3rd year of her degree in Nutritional Science as a Quercus scholar. She helps in the running of the UCC hockey club as PRO and was vice club captain last year. Sarah is thoroughly enjoying her time playing for the UCC firsts team and can’t wait for what this season brings!

Name: Áine Power

Position: Defender/Midfield

Early Career: Áine began her hockey career in Harlequins when she was 8 years old. Áine absolutely loved all kinds of sport but her favourites were always hockey, tennis and running. She chose to concentrate on hockey and running when she entered St Angelas College. Áine was selected to play on the St Angelas senior team in 2nd year and from that moment on it was her dream to captain a St Angelas team. In 2024 Áine captained the St Angelas Senior team to their first Munster cup title in 53 years. St Angelas went on to the Kate Russell All Ireland Championship, finishing a close second behind the Ulster team. This will always be one of Áine’s biggest achievements. 

Club Career: Áine went on to play for the Harlequins division 1 team and at 16 she was playing EYHL 1. This was a huge jump to go from playing half pitch games to playing some of the best hockey players in Ireland. Áine is excited for the opportunity to play for UCC in the top league in Ireland again. 

Representative Career: Áine has represented Munster u18s for two years. She then went on to represent Ireland u18 in the European Championships in Krefeld Germany. This was an amazing experience for Áine. While in her final year of school Áine represented Ireland u21, even playing against France just 5 days before her leaving cert. 

Professional and Personal Bio: Áine is studying finance in UCC and while she is not sure what she wants to do after college, she is looking forward to finding out while studying a multitude of subjects such as Economics and Accounting. Áine is currently coaching the hockey teams in St Angelas College and she is grateful to be able to give back to the school community.