Stephen Rooney | |
Nickname: | Roon-dog |
Occupation: | Junior Software Developer |
Birth Date: | 1994 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Feet: | 4 |
Inches: | 6 |
Sport: | Hurling |
Code: | Hurling |
County: | Antrim |
Province: | Ulster |
Club: | St. Paul's |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Colleges: | 1 |
Colyears: | 7 |
Counties: | Antrim |
Icyears: | 2014-present |
Icposition: | Left corner-back |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 2 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 14:50, 6 July 2021 |
Stephen Rooney (born 1994) is a hurler from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He plays for Antrim Championship club St. Paul's and at inter-county level with the Antrim senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a corner-back.
A member of the St. Paul's club in Belfast, Rooney had been a member of the club's junior team for almost a decade when they won the County Junior Championship title in 2020.[1] He made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Antrim minor team that won the Ulster Minor Championship titles in 2011.[2] Rooney made his debut with the Antrim senior hurling team in 2014. Since then he has won two Joe McDonagh Cup titles and two National League Division 2A titles.[3]
Joe McDonagh Cup 2020 and 2022.
2017, 2020
2011
In 2021 Stephen Rooney, along with an unknown accomplice attacked and stole from a man outside a Centra in Moira, Co Down. He was alleged to have hidden behind a big sign before jumping out and stealing a ham and chicken sandwich as well as a pepperami. When asked about this he refused to comment.