| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Mark Rodgers | |
| Irish: | Marcus Mac Ruairí |
| County: | Clare |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Scariff |
| Clposition: | Forward |
| Clyears: | 2019-present |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Clprovince: | Munster |
| Colleges: | University of Limerick |
| Colyears: | 2019-2023 |
| Fitz: | Two |
| Counties: | Clare |
| Icposition: | Complete forward |
| Icyears: | Debut 2021- present |
| Icapps(Points): | 19 (6-50) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 1 (2024) |
| Nhl: | 1 (2024) |
| Allstars: | 1 (All-star corner-forward 2024) |
| Icupdate: | 20:52, 39 June 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Scariff, County Clare, Ireland |
| Individual Honours: | GAA Young Player Of The Year 2023 |
Mark Rodgers (born 2001) plays hurling for his native parish Scariff and at inter-county level with All-Ireland champions Clare.
Rodgers had his first hurling successes as a student at Scariff Community College. He was part of the college team that beat St Fergal's College to claim the All-Ireland Colleges SCHC title in 2018.[1] Rodgers later had success with University of Limerick, winning back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.[2] [3]
At club level, Rodgers first played at juvenile and underage levels with Scraiff before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He won a Clare IHC title in 2020 after Scariff beat Tubber in the final.[4]
Rodgers first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling team in 2018.[5] He later spent two seasons with the Clare under-20 hurling team before being drafted onto the Clare senior hurling team in 2021.[6] [7] Rodgers won a National Hurling League medal in 2024.[8]
On 21 July 2024, he started in the half-forward line as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title.[9] [10] [11] Rodgers won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season.[12]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Clare | 2021 | Division 1B | 4 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-08 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1-17 | 1 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 5 | 1-21 | |||
| 2023 | Division 1A | 3 | 3-02 | 5 | 3-06 | 2 | 1-21 | 10 | 7-29 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 0-21 | 5 | 2-17 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 2-38 | |||
| Career total | 14 | 5-46 | 13 | 5-27 | 6 | 1-23 | 33 | 11-96 | |||
2020