Fergal Moore

Fergal Moore

Personal information
Irish name	Fergal Ó Móra
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left Corner Back
Born	(1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 39) Galway, Ireland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1999-	Turloughmore
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004-2016	Galway	44 (0-3)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	1
NHL	1
All Stars	1

Fergal Moore (born 7 July 1982) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team.

A brother of former Galway hurler Cathal, Moore made his first appearance for the team during the 2004 National League and has become a regular member of the starting fifteen over the last few seasons.^[1] Since then he has won one Leinster winners' medal and one National League winners' medal.

At club level Moore plays with Turloughmore.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Moore plays his club hurling with Turloughmore. He enjoyed some success in the juvenile and underage grades, however, success at senior level has eluded him.^[2]

Inter-county[]

Moore first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team in the late nineties. It was a successful era for the county's minors, with Moore collecting an All-Ireland medal following a 0-13 to 0-10 defeat of Tipperary in 1999.^{[citation needed]}

The following year Moore was still a key member of the Galway minors, and he collected a second All-Ireland medal following a 2-19 to 4-10 defeat of Cork.^{[citation needed]}

By 2002 Moore had joined the Galway under-21 team and he lined out in yet another All-Ireland final. Limerick provided the opposition, however, in spite of being marginal favourites Galway were trounced by 3-17 to 0-8.^[3]

Moore was appointed captain of the Galway under-21 team in 2003 as he lined out in a second successive All-Ireland final in that grade. Kilkenny were the winners on that occasion by 2-13 to 0-12.^[4]

In 2004 Moore made his debut with the Galway senior hurling team. He won a National Hurling League medal that year after a 2-15 to 1-13 defeat of Waterford in the final.^[5] He made his championship debut later that year in an All-Ireland qualifier against Down. Since then he has been a regular with Galway, however, his career has been hampered through injury.^[6]

In 2012 Moore was appointed captain of the Galway senior hurling team.^[7] He later guided the team to their first Leinster title following a 2-21 to 2-11 trouncing of reigning All-Ireland champions and hot favourites Kilkenny.^[8] Both sides subsequently met in the All-Ireland decider and Galway nearly pulled off a victory courtesy of goals from Joe Canning and Niall Burke. A 2-13 to 0-19 draw was the result, a first drawn All-Ireland final in over half a century.^[9] Defeat to Kilkenny followed for Moore and his Galway team in the replay. Moore's outstanding performances in the 2012 Championship earned him his first All Star Award in October 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Inter-provincial[]

Moore has also lined out with Connacht in the inter-provincial series of games. He won an Interprovincial Championship medal in 2004 following a 1-15 to 0-9 defeat of Munster.^[10]

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