Richie McCarthy

Richie McCarthy
Personal information
Irish name	Risteard Mac Cárthaigh
Sport	Hurling
Position	Full Back
Born	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation	Martin Hennessy School of Doctors
Club(s)
Years	Club
2004-	Blackrock
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2009-	Limerick	8 (1-4)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
NHL	1

Richard "Richie" McCarthy (born 11 October 1987) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-back for the Limerick senior team.^[1]

McCarthy made his first appearance for the team during the 2011 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. Since then he has won one National League (Division 2) winners' medal. In 2013, McCarthy became the first Limerick player to be selected as an All-Star since 2007. ^[2]

At club level McCarthy is an All-Ireland medalist in the junior grade with Blackrock. In addition to this he has also won Munster and county junior championship medals.^[3]

Honours

Club ^[4]

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship 2010
Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship 2009
Limerick Junior Hurling Championship 2009
South Limerick Championship 2009

Inter-county

Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2013
National Hurling League Division 2 (1): 2011

References

↑ "Profile: Richie McCarthy". Hurling statistics website. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
↑ http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/limerick-sport/133619/All-Star-honour-for-Limerick-hurler.html
↑ "RTÉ Sport: Blackrock 1-18 Naomh Colum Cille 0-09". RTÉ Sport. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ http://munster.gaa.ie/history/jhclub_teams

Limerick – senior hurling team

1 N. Quaid

17 S. O'Brien
3 R. McCarthy
4 R. English

5 W. McNamara
6 D. Byrnes
7 R. Lynch

8 G. O'Mahony
9 P. Browne

10 B. Nash
11 J. Ryan
24 T. Morrissey

Subs used: 19 P. O'Brien for McNamara; 23 G. Hegarty for Mulcahy; 21 J. Fitzgibbon for Dowling; 12 C. Lynch for T. Morrissey

Subs not used: 2 S. Hickey; 16 B. Hennessy; 18 M. Casey; 20 D. Morrissey; 22 A. Dempsey; 25 D. Reidy; 26 K. O'Brien

Manager: T. J. Ryan

Selectors: P. Beary; D. Clarke; M. Lyons

(Team as of 2 April 2016 versus Dublin)

Limerick – 2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship runners-up

1 G. Flynn
2 S. Brown
3 L. Hurley
4 T. Condon
5 J. Kelly
6 D. Moloney
7 G. O'Mahony (c)
8 D. Moore
9 S. Hickey
10 D. Hanley
11 J. Ryan
12 B. O'Sullivan
13 M. Ryan
14 E. Ryan
15 D. O'Sullivan

Subs used: 17 G. Allis for D. O'Sullivan; 18 G. Collins for Moore; 23 D. O'Connor for Allis

Subs not used: 16 P. Kennedy; 19 S. Herlihy; 20 R. Kennedy; 21 R. McCarthy; 22 C. Noonan; 24 B. Quinn

Manager: T. O'Connor

2013 All-Stars Hurling Team

1 A. Nash 2 R. McCarthy 3 P. Kelly 4 D. McInerney 5 B. Bugler 6 L. Rushe 7 P. Donnellan 8 C. Galvin 9 C. Ryan 10 S. Harnedy 11 T. Kelly^HOTY 12 D. Sutcliffe 13 P. Collins 14 P. Horgan 15 C. McGrath

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