Richie Foley

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Richie Foley
Personal information
Irish name	Risteard Ó Foghlú
Sport	Hurling
Position	Midfield
Born	(1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 Waterford, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
2004-	Abbeyside/Ballinacourty
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	UCC
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2007-2014	Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
NHL	1

Richard 'Richie' Foley (born 22 July 1987) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Abbeyside and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Foley usually plays at either midfield or in the half-back line.

Career

Club

Foley has played at all underage levels for his club and has the notable achievement of winning county championships at every single underage grade. He currently plays at midfield for Abbeyside. In 2008, Abbeyside reached the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship Final. However, Abbeyside and Foley went on to lose the final to De La Salle.^[1] Foley also plays for the Ballinacourty football club. In 2009 they lost to The Nire in the semi final and 2010 to Stradbally in the final.

College

Foley currently plays with University College Cork in the Fitzgibbon Cup. Foley was part of the team that beat former champions Waterford Institute of Technology to reach the 2009 final.^[2] Late that weekend, Foley lined out at wing back as part of the UCC team to win the Fitzgibbon Cup against University of Limerick. Foley had an impressive game, capped by scoring a point from over 80 meters.

Inter-county

Foley has been a member of the Waterford panel since 2007. Although not featured in any matches during 2007, Foley won both the National Hurling League and the Munster Senior Hurling Championship in that year. Foley was part of the Waterford squad which lost the 2008 All-Ireland Hurling Final to Kilkenny.^[3]

Championship Appearances

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Match report
1	1 June 2008	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick	Clare	0-0	0-23 : 2-26	Munster Quarter-Final	Irish Examiner
2	5 July 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	Antrim	0-0	6-18 : 0-15	2nd Round Qualifier	Irish Independent
3	14 June 2009	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Limerick	0-0	0-11 : 1-08	Munster Semi-Final	Irish Independent
4	20 June 2009	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Limerick	0-0	0-25 : 0-17	Munster Semi-Final Replay	RTE Sport
5	12 July 2009	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Tipperary	0-1	2-16 : 4-14	Munster Final	RTE Sport
6	7 June 2010	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Clare	0-0	0-22 : 1-15	Munster Semi-final	RTE Sport
7	11 July 2010	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Cork	0-0	2-15 : 2-15	Munster Final	RTE Sport
8	17 July 2010	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Cork	0-1	1-16 : 1-13	Munster Final Replay	RTE Sport
9	15 August 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	Tipperary	0-1	1-18 : 3-19	All-Ireland Semi-final	RTE Sport

References

Waterford - 2007 National Hurling League Champions (2nd title)

1 C. Hennessy 2 A. Kearney 3 E. Murphy 4 D. Prendergast 5 T. Browne 6 K. McGrath 7 J. Murray 8 M. Walsh (Capt.) 9 J. Kennedy 10 D. Shanahan 11 E. Kelly 12 S. Molumphy 13 S. Walsh 14 S. Prendergast 15 J. Mullane Substitutes P. Flynn for S. Walsh E. McGrath for J. Murray S. O'Sullivan for J. Kennedy Manager J. McCarthy Selectors S. Hannon N. Cashin M. Ryan

Waterford – 2007 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (8th title)

Subs: 17 J. Murray for Moran; 20 E. McGrath for Kennedy

Subs not used: 16 B. O'Leary; 18 B. Phelan; 19 T. Feeney; 21 D. Bennett; 22 D. Coffey; 23 S. O'Sullivan; 24 R. Foley; 25 K. Stafford; 26 J. Nagle; 27 N. Jacob; 28 J. Hartley; 29 S. Walsh; 30 C. Carey

Manager: J. McCarthy

Selectors: S. Hannon; N. Cashin; M. Ryan

Waterford – 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 17 J. Kennedy for S. Prendergast; 18 P. Flynn for E. McGrath; 19 S. O'Sullivan for J. Nagle; 21 D. Bennett for D. Shanahan; 25 T. Feeney for D. Prendergast

Subs not used: 16 A. Power; 20 G. Hurney; 22 R. Foley; 23 B. Phelan; 24 J. Murray; 26 W. Hutchinson; 27 S. Walsh; 28 P. FitzGerald; 29 P. Kearney; 30 D. Coffey

Manager: D. FitzGerald
Selectors: P. Queally; M. Geary

Waterford – 2010 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (9th title)

Subs: 27 B. O'Halloran for S. Prendergast; 23 M. Shanahan for S. Walsh; 17 J. Nagle for Lawlor; 21 D. Shanahan for Mullane; 15 E. McGrath for Molumphy

Subs not used: 16 A. Power; 19 J. Maher; 20 K. McGrath; 22 M. O'Brien; 24 S. Fives; 25 S. Casey; 26 J. Murray; 28 B. Phelan; 29 O. Whelan; 30 Philip Mahony

Manager: D. FitzGerald

Selectors: P. Fanning; P. Bennett

Waterford – 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-finalists

Subs used: 17 J. Nagle for D. Prendergast; 21 M. Shanahan for Mahony; 23 T. Ryan for Kelly; 20 R. Foley for S. Walsh

Subs not used: 7 D. O'Sullivan; 16 A. Power; 19 Philip Mahony; 22 W. Hutchinson; 24 S. Casey; 25 E. McGrath

Manager: D. Fitzgerald

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