- Neil McManus
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Neil McManus Personal information Irish name Niall Mac Mánais Sport Hurling Position Centre-forward Born 1988
Cushendall, County AntrimHeight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Club(s) Years Club 2005-present Ruairí Óg Club Titles Antrim titles 3 Ulster titles 2 All-Ireland Titles 0 Inter-county(ies)* Years County Apps (scores) 2007-present Antrim 13 (3-79) Inter-county titles Ulster titles 1 All Irelands 0 NHL 0 All Stars 0 *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:14, 14 July 2011. Neil McManus (born 1988 in Cushendall, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ruairí Óg and has been a member of the Antrim senior inter-county hurling team since 2007.[1]
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Playing career
Club
McManus plays his club hurling with the Cushendall Ruairí Óg club and has enjoyed much success. After a promising under-age career he made his senior debut as a seventeen year-old in 2005. That year he won his first senior county championship.
Cushendall made it two-in-a-row in 2006 with McManus later collecting an Ulster club title.[2]
After surrendering their county and provincial titles in 2007, Cushendall returned in 2008 with McMaus winning a third county title following another win over Loughgiel Shamrocks.[3] He later secured a second Ulster club title following a win over Ballygalget.[4]
Inter-county
McManus first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Antrim minor hurling team. With the 'young saffrons' he won three Ulster titles in succession in 2004, 2005 and as captain in 2006. He subsequently joined the Antrim under-21 hurlung team, winning his first Ulster title while still a minor in 2006. He won a second Ulster under-21 title in 2009.
McManus made his senior debut in 2007 in a National Hurling League game against Dublin.[5] Later that year he made his championship debut in the provincial decider. A 2-24 to 0-4 trouncing of Down gave McManus his first Ulster title.[6]
In 2008 McManus missed the later stages of the National League and the entire championship campaign due to injury.[7] He returned in 2009 and has become Antrim's top score-getters.
Inter-provincial
McManus has also lined out with Ulster in the inter-provincial series of games.
References
- ^ "Player profile: Neil McManus". Antrim GAA. http://antrim.gaa.ie/teams/profiles/?id=217. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Cushendall crush Lynch's to take Ulster club crown". Irish Independent. 13 November 2006. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/cushendall-crush-lynchs-to-take-ulster-club-crown-68407.html. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Cushendall ease past Loughgiel". Belfast Telegraph. 29 September 2008. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/cushendall-ease-past-loughgiel-13987213.html. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Ruairi Ogs take hurling club title". Ulster GAA. 20 October 2008. http://ulster.gaa.ie/2008/10/20/ruairi-ogs-take-hurling-club-title/. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Antrim draft in McManus". Hogan Stand. 2 March 2007. http://www.hoganstand.com/Antrim/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=73617. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Gaelic Games Clockwatch". BBC Sport. 3 June 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6716747.stm. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Double blow for Antrim". Hogan Stand. 3 May 2008. http://www.hoganstand.com/Antrim/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=94129. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- Ruairi Og Cushendall hurlers
- Antrim hurlers
- Ulster hurlers
- People from County Antrim
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