John McCaffrey (hurler)

John McCaffrey (born 11 September 1987) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lucan Sarsfield's and has a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team since 2006.^[1]

Playing career

Club

McCaffrey plays his club hurling with the Lucan Sarsfield's club. He won a county minor championship title with the club in 2005.

Inter-county

McCaffrey first lined out for the Dublin hurlers at minor level. He was captain of the team in 2005 as 'the Dubs' captured the Leinster title following a win over Wexford.

After success at minor level McCaffrey subsequently joined the Dublin under-21 team where he also served as captain. He won a Leinster title in this grade in 2007 following a 2-18 to 3-9 defeat of Offaly. Dublin later qualified for the All-Ireland final, however, the team was heavily defeated by Galway.

By this stage McCaffrey had already joined the Dublin senior hurling team, making his championship debut against Westmeath in 2006. In 2009 Dublin qualified for their first Leinster final since 1991, however, Kilkenny were the winners by 2-18 to 0-18.

In 2011 McCaffrey took over as Dublin senior hurling team captain due to an injury sustained by regular captain Stephen Hiney.^[2] Dublin later qualified for their first National Hurling League final in sixty-five years. In the final they over came Kilkenny in the final by 0-22 to 1-07 to win a first league title since 1939.

In July 2013, McCaffrey became the first Dublin captain to lift the Bob O'Keeffe trophy as Dublin won the Leinster hurling final against Galway by 2-25 to 2-13. ^[3]

Honours

• 1 National Hurling League Division 1 2011
• 1 National Hurling League Division 2 2006
• 1 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship 2005
• 1 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship 2007
• 1 Dublin Minor Hurling Championship 2005

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