Sean Cullinane

Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling


name = Sean Cullinane
irish = Séan Ó Cuilleannáin
fullname = Sean Cullinane
placeofbirth = Dunmore East
countryofbirth = County Waterford
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height =
nickname = The Rock
county = Waterford
province = Munster
club = Passage GAA
clposition = Centre Back
clubs = Passage GAA
clyears = 1980s-2000s
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clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Waterford
icposition = Corner-back
icyears = 1990s-2001
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icprovince = 0
icallireland = 0
allstars = 0
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icupdate = Sean Cullinane (born 1969) is a retired Irish hurler who formerly played with Passage GAA at club level and with Waterford GAA at inter-county level.

Sean was both Passage GAA's and Waterford's number one full back for most of the 1990s and at the start of the 2000s. Sean's final match for Waterford GAA came on June 11 2001 against Limerick GAA at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Sean's inter-county career finished on a sour note, losing to Limerick by 3 points, after having lead the match after 16 minutes by 11 points. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/limerick-rise-from-ashes-with-late-goals-341596.html] . Since Sean's retirement, it can be said that Waterford GAA have failed to successfully replace Sean at full back with a number of players such as Tom Feeney, Kevin Moran, Declan Prendergast and Ken McGrath all having been tried out at the position.

Sean had a frustration club career with Passage GAA having lost three Waterford Senior Hurling Championship finals, most notably in the 1993 final, having lost to Lismore GAA by a single point in an incredibly wet and windy day in Walsh Park. While Sean's final match for Waterford GAA was a disapointment, his last match for Passage GAA was more of a fairytale ending. At the age of 38, Sean came on as a sub in the 2007 Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship final where Passage GAA beat Dungarvan GAA by 6 points. [http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/passage-the-victors-in-epic-intermediate-final/] This ensured that Passage GAA would be back playing senior hurling in 2008.

Sean having now finished as a player at senior level, is head trainer at Passage GAA.

Honours

* Munster Senior Hurling Championship runner-up - 1998
* Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship winner - 2007
* Waterford Senior Hurling Championship runner-up - 1993, 1994 and 1997

Championship Appearances (1998 - 2001)

References