Dave Bennett (hurler)

Dave Bennett

Personal information
Irish name	Dáithí Ó Beinéid
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	1976 Lismore, County Waterford
Club(s)
Years	Club
1980's -	Lismore
Colleges(s)
Years	College
1996 - 1998 1998 - 1999	UCC WIT
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	4
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1997 - 2008	Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All Irelands	0
NHL	1

Dave Bennett (born 1976) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lismore^[1] and formerly^[2] with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Dave has also previously played with both UCC and WIT^[3] at college level. Dave primarily plays in midfield but has also played in the half-forward line for both club and county.

Career

Club

Bennett has played with Lismore from a young age. Like his compatriot, Dan Shanahan, Bennett has won Waterford county championships at all underage levels from U-12 right up to U-21. Bennett however is yet to win the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship having lost county finals in 1996 and 2001.

Collegic

Bennett has also played with both UCC and WIT at collegic level. He has had a reasonably successful spell at both, winning the Fitzgibbon Cup with UCC in 1996, 1997 and 1998^[4] and with WIT in 1999.

Inter-county

Bennett has played with the Waterford Senior Hurling Team since making his debut against Limerick in 1997. Right up to 2005, Bennett was a regular starter in midfield for Waterford but was mainly a squad member from 2006 onwards. With Waterford, Bennett won three Munster Senior Hurling Championships and one National Hurling League. Bennett's last game for Waterford came in the 2008 All-Ireland Hurling Final, with Bennett coming on as a substitute in the 64th minutes.^[5] Bennett's last game would turn out to be a major disappointment with Waterford being resoundly beat by Kilkenny in the final.^[6]

Since the All-Ireland final, Bennett has question the tactics of Waterford manager, Davy Fitzgerald. In an interview with the Irish Sunday Times, Bennett questioned Fitzgerald's aggressive tactics. He stated ""It was mind-blowing. In eight or nine years did you ever see Eoin Murphy hitting someone before a ball was thrown in - or Declan Prendergast?"^[7]

References

1. ^ http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2007/10/12/story26882.asp
2. ^ http://www.hoganstand.com/Waterford/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=105142
3. ^ http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4036&Itemid=10355&ed=389
4. ^ http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/03/04/shead.htm
5. ^ http://www.hoganstand.com/Waterford/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=103688
6. ^ http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0907/kilkenny_waterford.html?gaa
7. ^ http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/other-sports/2008/12/21/GAA-Bennett-slates-Deise-tactics/gnid-32515/

Persondata
Name	Bennett, Dave
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1976
Place of birth	Lismore
Date of death
Place of death