Finian Hanley

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Finian Hanley
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Personal information
Irish name Finian Ó hAinle
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full Back
Born (1985-01-04) 4 January 1985 (age 36)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Occupation Bank Official
Club(s)
Years Club
2002–
Salthill-Knocknacarra
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Connacht titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2005–2017
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3

Finian Hanley (born 4 January 1985) is a Gaelic footballer from Galway.[1] He is currently a member of the Galway senior football team. He plays in the full-back position. In 2008 he was nominated for an All Stars Award.

Inter-county[]

In 2005, Hanley was a member of Galway's Under-21 All-Ireland winning team, winning the final against Down with inspired performances from Michael Meehan, Barry Cullinane and club team-mate Seán Armstrong.[citation needed]

After being a key figure in Galway's successful Minor and Under-21 teams of recent years, Hanley made his Senior debut against Mayo in the 2005 Connacht SFC Final. He has since made the full-back position his own, winning three Connacht titles, in 2005,2008 & 2016.[citation needed]

Hanley was a part of Salthill-Knocknacarra's triumphant All-Ireland Club Championship-winning side in 2006. They defeated St. Galls of Antrim in the final by 0–07 to 0-06. Hanley was named Man Of The Match for his performance, repelling several of the Antrim side's attacks.[citation needed]

International rules[]

In 2008, he represented Ireland against Australia in Australia in the International Rules Series in which they won.

In 2010, he was vice-captain of the Irish team in the International Rules Series in Ireland in which they lost out narrowly.

In 2011, he was chosen to represent his country once more [2]

In 2013, he was chosen to represent his country again. He played in the first test in Cavan but a hamstring tear ruled him out of the second test at Croke Park a week later.[3]

In 2014, he was again chosen to represent Ireland in the one test series in Perth. Ireland narrowly lost out to Australia on this occasion.

Honours[]

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Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ Tierney, Ciaran (23 June 2011). "Hanley and Bergin will be at centre of action in Castlebar". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
Preceded by
Joe Bergin
Galway Senior Football Captain
2012-2014
Succeeded by
Paul Conroy
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