Hugh Maloney
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| Hugh Maloney | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Full name | Hugh Maloney | |
| Place of birth | Nenagh , County Tipperary | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | Nenagh Éire Óg | |
| Position | Half-back | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Tipperary | |
| Position | Left wing-back | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Tipperary | 2005- | 7 (0-0) |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Munster Titles | 0 | |
| All-Ireland | 0 | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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Hugh Maloney (born 1 July 1983) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
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[edit] Early life
Hugh Maloney was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary in 1983. He was educated locally and from a young age he showed a great interest in hurling. Maloney later attended the Waterford Institute of Technology. Here his hurling skills came to the fore when he won three Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2003, 2004 and 2006 when he was joint captain.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Maloney plays his club hurling with his local Nenagh Éire Óg club. He has enjoyed much success at underage levels, beginning in the mid-1990s when he won a North Tipperary under-14 hurling medal. Maloney later won a North Tipp Junior Hurling medal in 2000 and a County Junior Hurling medal that same year. In 2001 he added a Munster Junior Club Hurling medal as well as a North Tipperary Senior Hurling medal.
[edit] Inter-county
Maloney’s hurling skills were quickly spotted by the inter-county selectors and he soon joined the Tipperary minor hurling team. He won a Munster minor medal in 2001 and played at wing-back on the Tipperary team which won the Munster under-21 hurling title in 2003. Maloney later joined the Tipperary senior hurling team, making his debut in the Munster Championship against Clare. Since then he has played in two Munster finals without success.
[edit] Teams
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