Philip Maher

Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling


name = Philip Maher
irish =
fullname = Philip Maher
placeofbirth = Borrisoleigh
countryofbirth = County Tipperary
dob = 14 December, 1979
height = 6'2"
nickname = Philly,
county = Tipperary
province = Munster
club = Borrisoleigh
clposition = Full-back
clubs =
clyears =
clapps(points) =
clcounty =
clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Tipperary
icposition = Full-back
icyears = 2000-2007
icapps(points) = 25 (0-0)
icprovince = 1
icallireland = 1
nhl = 1
allstars = 1
clupdate=
icupdate=

Philip Maher (born 14 December, 1979) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays in the full-back position on the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Club career

Philip Maher was born in Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary in 1979. He showed great skill as a hurler in his youth and quickly started playing with his local club in Borrisoleigh, before he was spotted by the Tipperary inter-county selectors.

Playing career

Club

Maher plays his club hurling with the famous Borrisoleigh club in Tipperary.

Inter-county

By the late 1990s Maher had made his debut with the Tipperary minor hurling team. He won a Munster minor hurling medal in 1997 and quickly moved on to the inter-county under-21 team. On that team he won another Munster title, however, All-Ireland success still eluded him. In 2000 Maher made his senior debut for Tipperary in a Munster Championship game against Waterford. The following year he won his first National Hurling League medal before later winning a Munster title. The year was rounded off when Maher won his first All-Ireland medal following a victory over Galway. His performance in the championship earned him his first All-Star award. The subsequent few years proved frustrating for Maher as Tipp failed to win any further Munster of All-Ireland titles.

Teams