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John O'Brien
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Wing-forward
Born (1982-01-01) 1 January 1982 (age 42)
Toomevara, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Sales Representative
Club(s)
Years Club
1999-present
 Toomevara
Club titles
Tipperary titles 7
Munster titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2001-
 Tipperary 31 (3-41)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:57, 31 October 2012.

John O'Brien (born 1 January 1982) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]

O'Brien made his first appearance for the team during the 2001 National League and became a regular member of the starting fifteen over subsequent seasons. Since then he has won one All-Ireland winners' medals, five Munster winners' medals and one National Hurling League winners' medal. He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level O'Brien is a two-time Munster medalist with Toomevara. In addition to this he has also won seven county club championship medals.

Playing career

Club

O'Brien plays his club hurling with Toomevara and has enjoyed much success in a lengthy career.

After making his senior championship debut as a seventeen year-old in 1999, Toomevara went on to qualify for a second successive county final. A 1-17 to 0-13 defeat of Nenagh Éire Óg gave O'Brien his first championship medal.[2]

Toomevara's championship dominance continued for a third consecutive year in 2000. A 2-10 to 0-11 defeat of Thurles Sarsfield's gave O'Brien his second championship medal.[3]

Both Toomevara and Thurles Sarsfield's met in the county final again in 2001. O'Brien's side were on the verge of history by becoming the third side in history to win four championships in-a-row. A 1-22 to 1-13 trouncing of the Thurles club gave O'Brien his third championship medal.[4]

Five-in-a-row proved beyond Toomevara, however, the team reached the county final once again in 2003. A 3-16 to 3-13 defeat of Thurles Sarsfield's once again, gave O'Brien his fourth championship medal.[5]

Toomevara retained their title in 2004 following a comfortable 4-12 to 2-12 win over Éire Óg/Golden. It was also a remarkable fifth championship medal in six seasons for O'Brien. After a number of early exits from the provincial championship in recent years, Toomevara subsequently defeated Mount Sion by just a single point to give O'Brien his first Munster medal.[6]

After surrendering their county and provincial titles in 2005, Toomevara returned to the county championship decider once again the following year. A thrilling 1-21 to 2-14 defeat of Nenagh Éire Óg, in which O'Brien top scored with 1-4 from play, saw Toomevara take the title once again.[7] O'Brien later won a second Munster medal following a controversial 2-9 to 2-8 defeat of Erin's Own of Cork.[8]

In 2008 O'Brien won a seventh county championship medal following a 2-14 to 0-17 defeat of old rivals Thurles Sarsfield's.[9]

Inter-county

O'Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in 1999. That year he came on as a substitute to collect a Munster medal following Tipp's 1-13 to 2-7 defeat of Clare. O'Brien was later at full-forward as Galway defeated Tipperary in the All-Ireland decider.

He subsequently joined the Tipperary under-21 team where he enjoyed further success. He won a Munster medal in this grade in 2003 following a thrilling 2-14 to 0-17 defeat of Cork after a period of extra-time.

O'Brien made his senior competitive debut for Tipperary in a National Hurling League game against Derry in 2001. Later that season he made his championship debut as a substitute against Limerick in the provincial decider. It was a successful debut as Tipp defeated their near neighbours by 2-16 to 1-17, giving O'Brien his first Munster medal.[10] Tipp later went on to claim the All-Ireland, however, O'Brien played no part in the final.

Tipperary hurling went into decline following this win as O'Brien still remained on the periphery of the starting fifteen.

In 2006 he became a regular member of the half-forward line, however, Tipperary faced a second consecutive Munster final defeat by Cork.

Tipperary announced their return to the big time in 2008 by remaining undefeated in the National League before meeting Galway in the final. In an exciting game Tipp emerged victorious by 3-18 to 3-16 and O'Brien collected his first senior winners' medal on the field of play.[11] Tipperary later qualified for the Munster final where they defeated a resurgent Clare team by 2-21 to 0-19.[12] O'Brien collected his second Munster title on the field of play. Tipperary were subsequently defeated in a tense All-Ireland semi-final by Waterford on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-18.[13]

In 2009 O'Brien won his third Munster medal as Tipp defeated Waterford by 4-14 to 2-16.[14] After a six-week lay-off and a facile semi-final win over Limerick, Tipperary qualified for an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny. For much of the match it looked as if Tipp would pull off a shock and deny 'the Cats' a record-equaling four-in-a-row. Two quick goals in the space of a minute, one from a penalty by Henry Shefflin, sealed a 2-22 to 0-23 victory and defeat for Tipperary.[15]

After surrendering their Munster title to Cork, Tipperary regrouped in the qualifiers and reached a second successive All-Ireland decider. Kilkenny, a team chasing an unprecedented fifth successive championship, provided the opposition and a great game was expected. Tipperary got off to a great start which was bolstered by an early Lar Corbett goal. He subsequently completed a hat-trick of goals and Tipperary had a fourth by Noel McGrath to deny Kilkenny's drive-for-five and secure a remarkable and convincing 4-17 to 1-18 victory.[16] It was O'Brien's first All-Ireland winners' medal on the field of play.

Tipperary returned as provincial kingpins once again in 2011. A 7-19 to 0-19 trouncing of Waterford in the southern decider gave O'Brien a fourth Munster medal.[17] For the third successive year, Tipperary faced off against Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, on this occasion Kilkenny were slight underdogs going up against the new champions. Kilkenny started quickly and never surrendered the lead in the 2-17 to 1-16 victory.[18]

In spite of an indifferent National League campaign, Tipperary were regarded as potential All-Ireland champions once again. A 2-17 to 0-16 defeat of Waterford in the provincial decider gave O'Brien a fifth Munster medal.[19] Tipperary later faced a humiliating 4-24 to 1-15 defeat by eventual champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.[20]

Honours

Team

Toomevara
Tipperary

References

  1. ^ "Senior Hurling Panel". Tipperary GAA website. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. ^ "The County Senior Hurling Championship: 1999". Séamus K. King website. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Toom complete three in-a-row". Irish Independent. 16 October 2000. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  4. ^ Breheny, Martin (12 November 2001). "Score-shy Toom still too strong for Thurles". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Toomevara raiders survive late scare". Irish Independent. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (22 November 2004). "Toome's title resurrection". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ "O'Brien leads Toomevara to thrilling victory over Nenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. ^ Breheny, Martin (4 December 2006). "Referee gets Garda escort after furious Erin's Own players vent their feelings". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  9. ^ Larkin, Brendan (20 October 2008). "Brilliant Brislane fires Toomevara to final glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  10. ^ Breheny, Martin (2 July 2001). "Tipp's grace under pressure produces late victory flourish". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  11. ^ "NHL: Tipp win Division One crown". Hogan Stand website. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  12. ^ "Munster SHC final: Tipp end seven-year wait". Hogan Stand website. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  13. ^ "All-Ireland SHC: Waterford shock Tipp to book final spot". Hogan Stand website. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  14. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16". RTÉ Sport. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  15. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23". RTÉ Sport. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  16. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  17. ^ "Tipp show appetite for destruction". Irish Times. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  18. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 1-16". RTÉ Sport. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  19. ^ Clerkin, Malachy (16 July 2012). "Clinical Tipperary complete first task". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  20. ^ Moran, Seán (30 August 2012). "Kilkenny trample over Tipp tradition". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2012.


Preceded by Tipperary Senior Hurling Captain
2007 		Succeeded by


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