David Young (hurler)

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David Young
Personal information
Irish name Daithí de Siún
Sport Hurling
Position Right Half Back
Born (1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 36)
Toomevara, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
2002-
 Toomevara
Club titles
Tipperary titles 4
Munster titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2010-2012
2015-
 Tipperary
Kildare
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1

David Young (born 13 July 1985) is an Irish hurler who currently plays since 2015 as a right wing-back for the Kildare senior team.[1] He previously played for the Tipperary senior team.[2]

Young made his first appearance for the team during the 2010 National League and has remained a peripheral player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland winners' medal on the field of play. He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level Young is a two-time Munster medalist with Toomevara. In addition to this he has also won four county club championship medal.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Young plays his club hurling with Toomevara and has enjoyed much success.

After joining the club's senior team as a minor, Young lined out in his first county final in 2003. A 3-16 to 3-13 defeat of Thurles Sarsfield's once again, gave him his first county club championship medal.[3]

Toomevara retained their title in 2004 following a comfortable 4-12 to 2-12 win over Éire Óg/Golden. It was a second successive championship medal for Young. After a number of early exits from the provincial championship in recent years, Toomevara subsequently defeated Mount Sion by just a single point to give Young his first Munster medal.[4]

After surrendering their county and provincial titles in 2005, Toomevara returned to the county championship decider once again the following year. A thrilling 1-21 to 2-14 defeat of Nenagh Éire Óg saw Toomevara take the title once again.[5] Young later won a second Munster medal following a controversial 2-9 to 2–8 defeat of Erin's Own of Cork.[6]

In 2008 Young won a fourth county championship medal following a 2-14 to 0-17 defeat of old rivals Thurles Sarsfield's.[7]

Inter-county[]

Young first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in 2003. He won a Munster medal in his one year with the team following a 2-12 to 0-16 defeat of Cork.

By 2006 Young was captain of the Tipperary under-21 team. A 3-11 to 0-13 defeat of Cork gave him a Munster medal in that grade. Young later led his team to an All-Ireland showdown with Kilkenny. An exciting game resulted in a 2-14 apiece draw. Kilkenny narrowly won the replay by 1-11 to 0-11.

Young made his senior debut for Tipperary in a National Hurling League game against Limerick in 2010. Later that season he made his championship debut against Wexford in the All-Ireland qualifiers. Tipperray regrouped in the qualifiers and reached a second successive All-Ireland decider. Kilkenny, a team chasing an unprecedented fifth successive championship, provided the opposition and a great game was expected. Tipperary got off to a great start which was bolstered by an early Lar Corbett goal. He subsequently completed a hat-trick of goals and Tipperary had a fourth by Noel McGrath to deny Kilkenny's drive-for-five and secure a remarkable and convincing 4-17 to 1-18 victory.[8] Young came on as a substitute in that game to claim an All-Ireland medal on the field of play.

Young started Tipperary's two opening championship games in 2011 but was dropped from the starting fifteen for Tipp's Munster final triumph over Waterford.[9] For the third successive year, Tipperary faced off against Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, on this occasion Kilkenny were slight underdogs going up against the new champions. Kilkenny started quickly and never surrendered the lead in the 2-17 to 1-16 victory.[10] Young came on as a substitute in this game having missed Tipp's previous two games.

In 2012 Young was still a member of Tipperary's extended panel but played no part in their championship campaign.

In 2015 Young will play with the Kildare senior hurling team.[11]

Honours[]

Team[]

Toomevara
Tipperary

* All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship (C) (1): 2013

* Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship (C) (1): 2013

References[]

  1. ^ "Tipperary star David Young swings game for Kildare". Irish Independent. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Senior Hurling Panel". Tipperary GAA website. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Toomevara raiders survive late scare". Irish Independent. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  4. ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (22 November 2004). "Toome's title resurrection". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ "O'Brien leads Toomevara to thrilling victory over Nenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ Breheny, Martin (4 December 2006). "Referee gets Garda escort after furious Erin's Own players vent their feelings". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ Larkin, Brendan (20 October 2008). "Brilliant Brislane fires Toomevara to final glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Tipp show appetite for destruction". Irish Times. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  10. ^ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 1-16". RTÉ Sport. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Tipperary All-Ireland winner is Kildare's newest hurling star after opening league win". the 42. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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