When Munster play Sale Sharks on friday night in the Heineken Cup there will be two players on the Munster team who have switched from hurling to rugby Tomas O'Leary and Denis Leamy anybody know any other players who have switched from GAA to other sports ?

Redhot (Cork) - Posts: 739 - 14/01/2009 11:40:46    180037

I do not mind rugby (as in I watch the matches but never go to them) but know little about it so I generally do not know what clubs players play with. I know Shane Horgan (does he play with Leinster??) played Gaelic football with Meath. Tommy Bowe (Ulster??) played football in Monaghan (not with county team as far as I know), Keith Wood and Anthony Foley both played with Clare under 16 hurlers. Mick Galwey and Moss Keane both played with the Kerry senior footballers and Shane Byrne plays football in Wicklow. There was another guy a few years back that went back playing football with Ballyboden St Endas in Dublin but for the life of me, I can not think of his name.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 14/01/2009 11:59:40    180052

Most of the Irish rugby team played GAA - Shane Horgan played minor for meath, Geordan Murphy played minor with Kildare, Brian O'Driscoll played for Clontarf, Luke Fitzgerald played for St Olafs, John Hayes played with Bruff in Limerick...the list goes on

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 14/01/2009 12:03:54    180062

bennybunny- thats Eric Miller who is back playing with Ballyboden. He was on the Lions tour in 97 to South Africa

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 14/01/2009 12:09:49    180076

Niall McGinn Tyrone, Gaelic to soccer with Celtic. (Dont like the NI Team bit).
O hailpins, Clarke, Begley, Kennelly etc to aussie rules.
Niall Quinn Dublin hurling to soccer
Kevin Moran Dublin Football to soccer
Paul McCloskey Dungiven Gaelic player, won the ulster club in 97 now British light welterweight champion

to name a few..

Fred (Tyrone) - Posts: 34 - 14/01/2009 12:10:51    180080

Bowe played minor for monaghan.

fingerbob (Down) - Posts: 30 - 14/01/2009 12:13:24    180084

Millar played in few friendlies for Dublin as Caffrey searched for a Donaghy figure! Less said I think .....

There's another boxer at moment who played minor with Tipp. Can't think of his name. Has English accent and lives in Sheffield???

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 14/01/2009 12:22:25    180094

Current Connacht Captain John Muldoon hurled Minor with Galway. I think he may have won an All Ireland with them.

Tribesman28 (Galway) - Posts: 176 - 14/01/2009 12:30:30    180102

Shane long won an all ireland medal with tipp minors i think it was...also heard that his club team were struggling in relegation this year and reading gave him a weekend off ta come back and play with em...not sure how true that is!!!!

Dubfan85 (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 14/01/2009 12:39:38    180112

Jonathon Doglas played midfield for Monaghan minors when he was 16. Now captain of Leeds United

Plink (Monaghan) - Posts: 110 - 14/01/2009 12:46:14    180122

gavin duffy played in an all ireland minor final with mayo

xxx (Mayo) - Posts: 1275 - 14/01/2009 12:59:30    180130

Dubfan85, it is not true that Shane Long came home from Reading to play for his club in a relegation match. There is no relegation in any grade of hurling in Tipperary. Neither did he win an All Ireland Minor Hurling medal although he did play on a losing Tipperary minor hurling team in an All Ireland Semi Final. He was a very talented hurler and footballer, but as far as I know the only All Ireland medal he won was an All Ireland Vocational Schools "B" title with Tipperary.

Star Gazer (Tipperary) - Posts: 436 - 14/01/2009 13:06:35    180137

Fred, what is your problem with Niall McGinn playing for NI. Has it ever occurred to you he
1. Was never asked to play for ROI
2. Is not eligible for ROI

Add to the fact ROI wouldnt look at him while he was at Derry. He did the right thing at taking his opportunity when it came along to raise his profile and take his career to the next level.

But I'm sure if Rangers came along and offered YOU £5k a week at your only ever shot at professional football you'd turn it down cause you'd never play for Rangers.

gottabetrue (Tyrone) - Posts: 300 - 14/01/2009 14:26:49    180213

gottabetrue this may surprise you but some people do have principles!

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 14/01/2009 15:36:18    180301

What is the propblem playing soccer for Northern Ireland. If I wanted to I could play for Northern Ireland Rep of Ireland or Scotland.

I would play for the country that approched me first if it helped my career

oisinboy (Antrim) - Posts: 335 - 14/01/2009 15:58:37    180333

hurlingdub
County: Dublin
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180094 Millar played in few friendlies for Dublin as Caffrey searched for a Donaghy figure! Less said I think .....

There's another boxer at moment who played minor with Tipp. Can't think of his name. Has English accent and lives in Sheffield???

Matthew Macklin

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12311 - 14/01/2009 16:54:52    180406

Paul Galvin


Sorry!!! Couldn't resist!! Surprised no one said some of the Tyrone or Armagh players!!!!

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12311 - 14/01/2009 17:01:20    180413

Eric Miller played ballyboden,

christy77 (Derry) - Posts: 17 - 14/01/2009 17:17:00    180427

Robert Kearney played with Cooley Kickhams in Louth !

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 14/01/2009 18:23:30    180488

Patrick and thomas walshe currently playin rugby with tullow in the towns cup is hardly a comparison but the fairly handy at both...

old yellar (None) - Posts: 2630 - 14/01/2009 18:28:08    180493