Philip Maher Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Philip Maher
Fullname:Philip Maher
Birth Date:14 December 1979
Birth Place:Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary
Height:6 ft 2 in
Nickname:Philly
County:Tipperary
Province:Munster
Club:Borrisoleigh
Clposition:Full-back
Counties:Tipperary
Icposition:Full-back
Icyears:2000–2007
Icapps(Points):25 (0-0)
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:1
Nhl:1
Allstars:1

Philip Maher (born 14 December 1979) is an Irish hurler. He plays in the full-back position on the Tipperary senior hurling team.[1]

Club career

Philip Maher was born in Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary in 1979. He showed great skill as a hurler in his youth and quickly started playing with his local club in Borrisoleigh before he was spotted by the Tipperary inter-county selectors.

Playing career

Club

Maher plays his club hurling with the famous Borrisoleigh club in Tipperary.

Inter-county

By the late 1990s Maher had made his debut with the Tipperary minor hurling team. He won a Munster minor hurling medal in 1997 and quickly moved on to the inter-county under-21 team. On that team he won another Munster title, however, All-Ireland success still eluded him. In 2000 Maher made his senior debut for Tipperary in a Munster Championship game against Waterford. The following year he won his first National Hurling League medal before later winning a Munster title. The year was rounded off when Maher won his first All-Ireland medal following a victory over Galway. His performance in the championship earned him his first All-Star award.[2] The subsequent few years proved frustrating for Maher as Tipp failed to win any further Munster of All-Ireland titles.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2006/0531/tipperary.html Maher named in Tipperary line-up
  2. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2006/0529/tipperary.html Maher is a doubt for the Premier