Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Jody Brennan | |
Fullname: | Jody Brennan |
Feet: | 6 |
Inches: | 3 |
Occupation: | H&S Advisor |
Nickname: | Bishop Brennan |
County: | Kilkenny |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Upperchurch–Drombane |
Clposition: | Half-Forward |
Clubs: | Harps Gaa Auckland |
Clapps(Points): | Zero [0] |
Clallireland: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Half-Forward |
Icyears: | 2010- |
Icapps(Points): | 1 (0) |
Icallireland: | 1 (1 as sub) |
Clupdate: | J |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1983 |
Birth Place: | Upperchurch, County Tipperary |
Jody Brennan (born 18 November 1983) is an Irish sportsperson. He is a hurler from upperchurch and played for Tipperary. He plays hurling with Harps GAA Auckland, most notable as the man who stopped the "drive for five v Kilkenny" in 2010, as for also breaking the timber of Laois Stalwart Tony Connolly Upperchurch–Drombane and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
On 28 February 2010, Brennan made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Dublin in the 2010 National Hurling League, with Tipperary losing the game by 1–12 to 1-21.On 30 May 2010, Brennan made his Championship debut against Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Tipperary ended up losing the game by 3–15 to 0-14, with Brennan coming on as a substitute in the second half.[1] [2]
On 5 September 2010, Brennan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4–17 to 1–18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Brennan's first All-Ireland winners medal.[3]