Michael Heffernan (hurler)

Michael Heffernan

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Forward
Born	30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) (age 21)
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
2005-	Nenagh Éire Óg
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2010-present	Tipperary	1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All Irelands	1 (1 as sub)
NHL	0

Michael Heffernan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Career

Heffernan won two All-Ireland Minor Hurling medals in 2006 and 2007. He made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Limerick in 2010, scoring a point from play. He went on to make his Championship debut on 3 July 2010 against Wexford in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers.^[1]

On 28 July 2010, Heffernan played at corner forward, scoring 1-3 for Tipperary as they defeated Clare in the 2010 Munster Under-21 Hurling final at Semple Stadium, winning by 1-22 to 1-17.^[2]

On 5 September 2010, Heffernan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Heffernan's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[3] Six day's later on 11 September 2010, Tipperary clinched the All Ireland Under-21 title by defeating Galway by 5-22 to 0-12 at Semple Stadium, with Heffernan starting at corner forward and scoring two points.^[4]

Honours

Tipperary

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2010
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2010
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2010
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (2): 2006, 2007
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship:
  • Winner (1): 2007

References

1. ^ "Tipperary hurlers too strong for Wexford". Irish Examiner. 2010-07-03. http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/tipperary-hurlers-too-strong-for-wexford-464089.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
2. ^ "Tipperary settle after early Clare blitz and finish strongly". Irish Times. 2010-07-29. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0729/1224275691352.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
3. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 2010-09-06. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/rampant-tipp-deny-cats-immortality-2326052.html. Retrieved 2010-09-08. 
4. ^ "Five-star Tipp cruise to title". Irish Independent. 2010-09-12. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/fivestar-tipp-cruise-to-title-2334665.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20. 

External links

• Tipperary GAA Player Profiles

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Name	Heffernan, Michael
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Date of birth	30 December 1989
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