Andrew La Touche Cosgrave | |
Irish: | Aindriú La Touche Ó Coscraigh |
Occupation: | Student |
Birth Date: | 1996 |
Birth Place: | Limerick, Ireland |
Feet: | 6 |
Inches: | 1 |
Sport: | Hurling |
Code: | Hurling |
County: | Limerick |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Monaleen |
Clyears: | 2013-present |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Colleges: | Limerick Institute of Technology |
Fitz: | 0 |
Colyears: | 2015-present |
Counties: | Limerick |
Icyears: | 2017-present |
Icposition: | Centre-back |
Icapps(Points): | 0 (0-00) |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 18:31, 22 August 2018 |
Andrew La Touche Cosgrave (born 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays as a centre-back for club side Monaleen and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
La Touche Cosgrave first came to prominence as a hurler with Castletroy College in Limerick. Having played in every grade, he was at left wing-back on the college's senior team that contested the Harty Cup.[1]
During his studies at the Limerick Institute of Technology, La Touche Cosgrave was selected for the college's senior hurling team for the Fitzgibbon Cup.[2]
La Touche Cosgrave joined the Monaleen club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult team. On 9 October 2016, he won a Premier Intermediate Championship medal following a 1-17 to 2-11 defeat of Cappamore in the final.
La Touche Cosgrave first played for the Limerick minor hurling team at the age of fifteen. On 23 July 2013, he was at centre-back when Limerick won their first Munster Championship title in 29 years after a 1-20 to 4-08 defeat of Waterford in a replay of the final.[3]
La Touche Cosgrave was eligible for the minor grade again the following year and won a second successive Munster Championship medal after a 0-24 to 0-18 second successive defeat of Waterford in a replay of the final.[4] On 7 September 2014, La Touche Cosgrave was at centre-back for Limerick's 2-17 to 0-19 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[5]
La Touche Cosgrave subsequently joined the Limerick under-21 hurling team and won a Munster Championship medal in his first season after a 0-22 to 0-19 win over Clare in the final.[6] On 12 September 2015, La Touche Cosgrave was introduced as a substitute for Pat Ryan when Limerick defeated Wexford by 0-26 to 1-07 in the All-Ireland final.[7]
After surrendering their titles in 2016, La Touche Cosgrave won a second Munster Championship medal after a 0-16 to 1-11 defeat of Cork in the 2017 final.[8] On 9 September 2017, he came on as a substitute for Tom Morrissey in Limerick's 0-17 to 0-11 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[9]
In 2017, La Touche Cosgrave joined the Limerick under-25 hurling team. On 18 June 2017, he was at centre-back when Limerick defeated Waterford by 4-12 to 1-19 to win the Munster Championship.[10]
La Touche Cosgrave first played for the Limerick senior team in the pre-season Munster League against Clare on 18 January 2017.[11] He later made his first appearance in the National Hurling League, scoring a point in a 6-21 to 3-08 defeat of Kerry.[12] La Touche Cosgrave was later dropped from the panel prior to the start of the championship.[13]
La Touch Cosgrave rejoined the Limerick senior panel in 2018.[14] On 19 August 2018, he was a member of the extended panel when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the final.[15]
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
Limerick | 2017 | Division 1B | 2 | 1-02 | — | — | 2 | 1-02 | |||
2018 | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | |||
2019 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
Total | 5 | 1-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 1-02 |