Séamus Callanan

Séamus Callanan
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Callanáin
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988
Thurles, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
2005– Drom-Inch
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2008– Tipperary 33 (22–111)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:47, 12 July 2015.

Séamus Callanan (born 15 September 1988) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team.[1]

Callanan made his first appearance for the team during the 2008 National League and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Since then he has won one All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was also on the Tipperary championship panel that were All-Ireland runners-up on three occasions.

At club level Callanan is a one-time county club championship medalist with Drom-Inch.

Playing career

Club

Callanan plays his club hurling with Drom-Inch and has enjoyed some success.

In 2011 Callanan was captain of the club senior team as Drom-Inch reached the championship decider. Clonoulty-Rossmore provided th opposition on that occasion, however, Drom-Inch claimed their first county club championship following a 1–19 to 2–14 victory.[2]

Minor and under-21

Callanan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team. He enjoyed much success in this grade as Tipperary reached the All-Ireland decider via the "back-door" in 2006. Three-in-a-row hopefuls Galway provided the opposition, however, Tipp powered to 2–18 to 2–7 victory.[3] It was Callanan's sole All-Ireland medal in that grade.

Callanan subsequently joined the Tipperary under-21 team. He won a Munster medal in this grade in 2008 following a controversial one-point defeat of Clare. Tipp later reached the All-Ireland, however, Callanan's side were defeated by Kilkenny.[4]

Senior

Callanan made his senior competitive debut for Tipperary in a National League game against Offaly in 2008. It was a successful campaign as Tipp remained undefeated in the National League before meeting Galway in the final. In an exciting game Tipp emerged victorious by 3–18 to 3–16 and Callanan collected his first National League winners' medal.[5] Tipperary later reached the Munster final where they defeated a resurgent Clare team by 2–21 to 0–19.[6] It was Callanan's first Munster winners' medal. Tipperary were subsequently defeated in a tense All-Ireland semi-final by Waterford on a scoreline of 1–20 to 1–18.[7]

Callanan won his second Munster medal in 2009 as Tipp defeated Waterford by 4–14 to 2–16.[8] After a six-week lay-off and a facile semi-final win over Limerick, Tipp qualified for an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny. For much of the match it looked as if Tipp would pull off a shock and deny 'the Cats' a record-equaling four-in-a-row. Two quick goals in the space of a minute, one from a penalty by Henry Shefflin, sealed a 2–22 to 0–23 victory and defeat for Tipperary.[9]

After surrendering their Munster title to Cork at the first hurdle in 2010, Tipperary regrouped in the qualifiers and reached a second successive All-Ireland decider. Kilkenny, a team chasing a 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.[10] It was Callanan's first All-Ireland medal.

Tipperary returned as provincial kingpins once again in 2011. A 7–19 to 0–19 trouncing of Waterford in the southern decider gave Callanan a third Munster medal.[11] 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.[12]

In spite of an indifferent National League campaign, Tipperary were regarded as potential All-Ireland champions once again. A 2–17 to 0–16 defeat of Waterford in the provincial decider gave Callanan a fourth Munster medal in five seasons.[13] Tipperary later faced a humiliating 4–24 to 1–15 defeat by eventual champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final.[14]

On 23 February 2014, Callanan scored 3–6 against Kilkenny in round 2 of the hurling league and was man of the match in the semi-final win against Clare where he scored 12 points.[15][16][17]

Callanan scored 2–5 in the replay of the 2014 All-Ireland Hurling Final against Kilkenny, which Tipperary lost by 2–17 to 2–14. In total he scored 9–50 during the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with 9–16 coming from play to finish as the top scorer in the championship.[18] In October 2014, Callanan won his first All Stars Award after a successful 2014 campaign.[19]

On 16 August 2015, Callanan scored 3–9 (3–4 from play) and was awarded the man of the match by the Sunday Game in the one point defeat to Galway in the 2015 All-Ireland Championship Semi-final.[20] Callannan finished the 2015 Championship with a total of 5–20.[21] In October 2015, Callanan was nominated for the Hurler of the Year award.[22] In November 2015, Callinan picked up his second All Star award, being picked at full-forward.[23][24]

Inter-provincial

Callanan has also lined out with Munster in the Inter-provincial Championship.

Honours

Team

Drom-Inch
Tipperary
Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Hurling Panel". Tipperary GAA website. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fourth time lucky for Drom & Inch". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Tipp break Galway hearts in MHC final". RTÉ Sport. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2–13 Tipperary 0–15". RTÉ Sport. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Tipp win Division One crown". Hogan Stand website. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Munster SHC final: Tipp end seven-year wait". Hogan Stand website. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Waterford shock Tipp to book final spot". Hogan Stand website. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4–14 Waterford 2–16". RTÉ Sport. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2–22 Tipperary 0–23". RTÉ Sport. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4–17 Kilkenny 1–18". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "Tipp show appetite for destruction". Irish Times. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2–17 Tipperary 1–16". RTÉ Sport. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  13. ↑ Clerkin, Malachy (16 July 2012). "Clinical Tipperary complete first task". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Moran, Seán (30 August 2012). "Kilkenny trample over Tipp tradition". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Fennelly hits heights as Cats hunt down Tipp". Irish Independent. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Tipperary hurlers lose out to Kilkenny in thriller". The Nationalist. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Summer comes early in Kilkenny". Irish Examiner. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  18. ↑ "Hurling top scorers: Callanan takes the crown". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "Tipperary earn more hurling All Stars than the Cats as Richie Hogan and James O'Donoghue land top awards". Irish Independent. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Comment: Even Seamus Callanan's Herculean effort can't stop Galway in their tracks". Irish Independent. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "The Sunday Game's man-of-the-match was on the losing side at Croke Park". The 42. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Galway match champion Cats with 12 All Star nominees as Reid, Hogan and Callanan battle for top award". Irish Independent. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "7 from Kilkenny, 4 from Galway: Here’s the 2015 Allstar hurling team of the year". The 42. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "Kilkenny back on top with seven players in 2015 All-Stars selection". Irish Independent. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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