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| John Commins |
| Personal information |
| Sport |
Hurling |
| Full name |
John Commins |
| Place of birth |
Gort , County Galway |
| Club information |
| Club |
Gort |
| Position |
Goalkeeper |
| Inter-County |
| County |
Galway |
| Position |
Goalkeeper |
| Inter-County(ies)** |
| County |
Years |
Apps (scores) |
| Galway |
1986-1990 |
12 (1-0) |
| Senior Inter-County Titles |
| Connacht Titles |
0 |
| All-Ireland |
2 |
| All Stars |
2 |
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John Commins (born 1966) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with Galway from 1986 until 1990.
[edit] Early life
John Commins was born in Gort, County Galway in 1965. From a young age he showed great interest in the game of hurling and, in time, he would become a key member of the great Galway team of the 1980s.
[edit] Playing career
Commins played his club hurling with his local Gort club. He had some success at underage levels. He won a Senior County championship medal in 1983, and won the Connaught club medal the same year.
[edit] Inter-county
Commins first came to prominence as an inter-county hurler on Galway's minor team in the early 1980s. He won an All-Ireland medal in 1983 and quickly graduated onto the under-21 side where he won another All-Ireland medal in 1986. That same year Commins made his debut as goalkeeper on the senior hurling team, with Galway reaching their second consecutive All-Ireland final. In the game against Cork Commins ran the length of the pitch to score a 21 yard free, however, victory still went to the Munster champions. In 1987, in their third All-Ireland final appearance in-a-row, Galway took on Kilkenny. At the third time of asking Galway emerged victorious and Commins finally captured his first All-Ireland medal.
In 1988 Tipperary were Galway's opponents in their fourth consecutive All-Ireland final appearance. Commins had another solid performance as goalkeeper and claimed his second All-Ireland title in the process, before later winning his first All-Star award. In 1989 Commins began the year by winning his first National Hurling League title, however, Galway's star centre-back, Tony Keady, was banned from playing for a year. The side had contemplated withdrawing from the championship in protest, however, they decided to play, eventually losing out to Tipp in the All-Ireland semi-final.Commins received "man of the match" for this performance.
In 1990 Commins played in his fourth All-Ireland final in five seasons. Galway were the hot favourites to beat Cork and it looked as if that prediction would come true when the tribesmen went 7 points up. Cork scored 4 goals in the second half and Commins was the scapegoat for the 5-15 to 2-21 defeat and was dropped from the Galway team for the 1991 championship. At just 25 years-old Commins’s inter-county hurling career had drawn to a close.
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Galway - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Runners-up 1986 |
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Galway - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1987 (3rd title) |
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Galway - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1988 (4th title) |
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Galway - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Runners-up 1990 |
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