Ger Farragher Explained

Ger Farragher
Birth Date:10 June 1983
Birth Place:Galway, Ireland
Height:1.80NaN0
Sport:Hurling
Code:Hurling
County:Galway
Province:Connacht
Club:Castlegar
Clyears:1999-
Clposition:Midfield
Counties:Galway
Icyears:2002-2011
Icposition:Midfield
Icapps(Points):33 (6-127)
Nhl:1
Allstars:1

Ger Farragher (born 10 June 1983) is an Irish sportsman. He played in the forward line on the Galway senior hurling team. He plays his club hurling with Castlegar.

Farragher was born in Galway in 1983 and has had much success in the game of hurling. At inter-county level he has won 2 back-to-back minor All-Ireland medals in 1999 and 2000. In 2002 he made his senior championship debut and has gone on to be one of the game's most prolific scorers. Farragher also has an All-Ireland senior hurling runners-up medal from 2005 when he was the top-scorer in the championship. He has also played on Institute of Technology, Sligo's Ryan Cup team. In 2005 Farragher claimed his first All-Star Award.[1]

In 2010, Farragher was named Opel GPA player of the League for his performance in the National Hurling League that year.[2]

Career statistics

TeamYearNational LeagueLeinsterAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Galway2002Division 1A00-0000-0020-0120-01
200320-0000-0000-0020-00
200400-0000-0000-0000-00
200572-5400-0063-57135-111
2006Division 1B52-3100-0041-2293-53
200740-0000-0000-0040-00
200874-5300-0020-0494-57
2009Division 140-1000-0030-0370-13
201070-4441-2810-02121-74
201160-4400-0030-1090-54
Total428-23641-28214-996713-363

References

Ger Farragher Club page

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ger takes new steps forward. Irish Independent. 9 March 2009. 2010-07-17.
  2. Web site: Steven McDonnell and Galway's Ger Farragher win Awards . Sportsnewsireland.com . 13 May 2010 . 2010-07-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100518233248/http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/2010/05/13/steven-mcdonnell-and-galways-ger-farragher-win-awards/ . 18 May 2010.