Liam Blanchfield
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam de Bluinsín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born |
1996 Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2013-present | Bennettsbridge | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| 2015-present | Dublin Institute of Technology | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2016- | Kilkenny | 2 (0-3) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:00, 14 August 2016. | |||
Liam Blanchfield (born 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Blanchfield first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. He won back-to-back All-Ireland medals with the college in 2014 and 2015, acting as vice-captain of the team for the latter success. Blanchfield had earlier tasted success with the Benenttsbridge minor team, winning a county championship medal as a fourteen-year-old in 2011. Three years later he was a key member of the full-forward line on the Bennettsbridge team that claimed the county junior championship before later winning the Leinster and All-Ireland titles. Blanchfield won a county intermediate championship medal in 2015, before later claiming Leinster and All-Ireland medals.
Blanchfield made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first played for the Kilkenny minor team. He won back-to-back Leinster medals in this grade before winning an All-Ireland medal in 2014. He subsequently joined the Kilkenny under-21 team. Blanchfield made his senior debut for Kilkenny during the 2016 league.[1] He has since gone on to win one Leinster medal.
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 August 2016.
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kilkenny | 2016 | Division 1A | 2 | 1-03 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-03 | 4 | 1-06 |
| Total | 2 | 1-03 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-03 | 4 | 1-06 | ||
Honours
- St. Kieran's College
- All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2014, 2015
- Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2015
- Bennettsbridge
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2016
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2015
- Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2015
- All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2015
- Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2014
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2014
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2011
- Kilkenny
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2016
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2014
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship (2): 2013, 2014
References
- ↑ Keane, Paul (3 April 2016). "Kilkenny make light work of Offaly challenge". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2016.