Conor O'Brien (hurler)

Conor O'Brien (born 30 May 1985 in Anacarty, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Eire Óg Anacarty and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Playing career

Club

O’Brien plays his club hurling with his local Éire Óg Anacarty club and in 2006 captured an intermediate county title with the club.

Inter-county

O’Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary ("Tipp") minor hurling team in the early 2000s. He won a Munster minor title in 2002, although success at All-Ireland level eluded him in that year. O’Brien was a substitute when Tipp won another Munster minor title in 2003 as well as a Munster under-21 title in 2004. Two years later in 2006 he won a Munster under-21 title on the field of play, but All-Ireland success proved elusive once again. In 2007 O’Brien made his senior debut against Dubin in the National Hurling League. The following year he was a key member of the team as Tipp won the National League outright. Later that summer O’Brien made his championship debut against Cork.

On 5 September 2010, O'Brien came on as a second half substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was O'Briens's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[1]

References

External links

• Tipperary Player Profiles

Teams