Mark Landers

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Mark Landers

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Full name	Mark Landers
Date of Birth	1972
Place of birth	Killeagh, County Cork
Club information
Club	Killeagh
Position	Midfield
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Inter County
County	Cork
Position	Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Kilkenny	1990s
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	1
All-Ireland	1
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Mark Landers is American born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1957.

Mark Landers (born 1972) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with Cork in the 1990s.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club 2.2 Inter-county 3 Teams

[edit] Early life

Mark Landers was born in Killeagh in East County Cork in 1972. He was educated locally and later attended St. Colman's College, a famous hurling nursery in Cork. It was here that Landers first tasted hurling success, winning the Harty Cup with the senior team.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

Landers played his club hurling with his local Killeagh team. He enjoyed some underage success and won a Cork Junior Hurling Championship title in 1995.

[edit] Inter-county

Landers was quickly noticed by the inter-county selectors and he became a member of the Cork minor team that lost the 1990 All-Ireland Final to Kilkenny. He had been a member of the Cork senior panel in 1992, but suffered a cruciate ligament injury a month before the opening of the championship. The 1990s were lean years for Cork hurlers with no Munster Championship success. This changed in 1998 when Cork won the National Hurling League, with Landers playing a key-role at midfield. In 1999 Landers captained Cork to win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1992, before going on to defeat Kilkenny to take the All-Ireland title. The next few years proved difficult for Landers. He couldn't cpmmand a regular place on the team and decided to retire from inter-county hurling in 2002.

Preceded by Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1999	Succeeded by Fergal Ryan
Preceded by Hubert Rigney (Offaly)	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1999	Succeeded by Willie O'Connor (Kilkenny)

[edit] Teams

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1999 (28th title)
1 D. Óg Cusack | 2 F. Ryan | 3 D. O'Sullivan | 4 J. Browne | 5 W. Sherlock | 6 B. Corcoran | 7 S. Óg Ó hAilpín | 8 M. O'Connell | 9 M. Landers (Capt.) | 10 T. McCarthy | 11 F. McCormack | 12 N. Ronan | 13 B. O'Connor | 14 J. Deane | 15 S. McGrath | Subs: A. Browne | K. Murray | Manager: J. Barry-Murphy