Liam Lawlor (hurler)

Liam Lawlor
Personal information
Irish nameLiam Ó Leathlobhair
SportHurling/Football
PositionFull Back
Born18 June 1985
Fourmilewater, County Waterford
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2002-Fourmilewater
Club titles
Waterford titles0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2004-Waterford4(0-0)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles1

Liam Lawlor (born 18 June 1985),[1] is a former intercounty footballer,[1] for Waterford and now plays on the Senior hurling team for Waterford. He also plays with his club Fourmilewater/The Nire.[1]

Playing career

Club

Lawlor plays his club hurling with his local club Fourmilewater Hurling Club, in Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford and he plays football for his club The Nire. He has played with The Nire/Fourmilewater from underage upwards. He has two county senior football titles with The Nire 2006 and 2008. He also won an U-21 (A) championship in 2004. He captained The Nire to the league title in 2009 when they defeated Stradbally in the final. He also has a minor (B) county title from 2000.

He plays his club hurling for Fourmilewater, he made his drbut for the club in 2002 when he started corner forward against Passage in the relegation final, he scored the crucial goal that day. He won a minor (B) county title with the Nire in 2003 scoring 2-04 in the final from full-forward. They defeated Dunhill-Fenor by a point.

Senior Intercounty

Hurling

Liam Lawlor made his intercounty senior championship debut against Clare in 2010. He played full back.He started all for games in Waterfords 2010 championship run, winning the munster title along the way, Waterford defeated Cork after a replay in the final. Waterfords run ended when they were defeated by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final.[2]

He played two years county minor and 3 years county U-21 hurling.

Football

Liam was a member of the Waterford senior football panel from 2007 to 2009, he made his debut as a second-half substitute against Kerry in the Munster senior football semi-final in the Fraher field. In 2008 he started against Clare and in 2009 he started both games in 2010, against Cork in the Munster championship and Meath in the qualifiers.

He played in a munster U-21 football final against Cork in 2006, Waterford were heavily defeated.

He also played one year county minor football, a relatively successful year for Waterford, played 5 games, won: 0, lost:3 and drew: 2. They registered draws against Cork and Clare.[3]

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