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| Born | 1999 (age 26–27) Ballymacoda, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:41,1 December 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ger Millerick (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Fr. O'Neill's,divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. [1]
Millerick played in all grades of hurling with Midleton CBS Secondary School before progressing onto the college's senior team. On 15 December 2016,he was at right corner-forward when Midelton CBS defeated St. Colman's College from Fermoy by 0-11 to 0-10 to win the Dr. O'Callaghan Cup. [2]
On 13 December 2017,Millerick won a second successive Dr. O'Callaghan Cup title following Midleton CBS's 1-20 to 0-13 defeat of Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG in the final. [3]
Millerick joined the Fr. O'Neill's club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. . On 8 December 2018,he was described as a "special talent" when Fr. O'Neill's defeated Midleton by 3-34 to 4-18 to win the Cork Premier Under-21 Championship title. [4]
On 16 July 2017,Millerick made his first appearance in the championship appearance for the club's top adult team. He was at right wing-back when Fr. O'Neill's defeated Kilworth by 3-14 to 0-08. [5]
On 12 October 2019,Millerick lined out at left corner-back when Fr. O'Neill's faced Kilworth in the Cork Premier Intermediate Championship final and collected a winners' medal following the 3-23 to 1-20 victory. He was joined on the starting 15 by his three brothers Mike(Hoover) Thomas and Joe another brother John was on the panel. [6]
Millerick's performances at club level lead to him being selected for the Imokilly divisional team for the 2017 Cork Senior Championship. On 22 October,he scored a point from midfield when Imokilly defeated Blackrock by 3-13 to 0-18 to win the Cork Senior Championship final for the first time since 1998. [7]
On 14 October 2018,Millerick was introduced as a 48th-minute substitute when Imokilly retained the title after a 4-19 to 1-18 defeat of Midleton in the final. [8]
On 20 October 2019,Millerick played in a third successive county final. Lining out at left corner-back,he ended the game with a third successive winners' medal after the 2-17 to 1-16 defeat of Glen Rovers. [9]
Millerick first lined out for Cork as a member of the minor team during the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 3 May when he lined out at left wing-back in Cork's 1-24 to 0-08 defeat of Waterford. [10] On 9 July,Millerick was again at left wing-back when Cork defeated Clare by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the Munster Championship for the first time since 2008. [11] On 3 September,he lined out in the 2-17 to 2-14 defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. [12]
Millerick subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team for the 2018 Munster Championship. On 4 July,he won a Munster Championship medal as an unused substitute following Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [13] On 26 August,Millerick came on as a 67th-minute substitute for Jack O'Connor in Cork's 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary. [14]
On 3 July 2019,Millerick made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the Munster Championship. He started the game on the bench but was introduced as a 33rd-minute substitute for Ryan Walsh at right corner-back in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick. [15] On 23 July 2019,Millerick was at left wing-back when Cork suffered a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final. [16] He was selected at right wing-back when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the All-Ireland final on 24 August 2019,however,he ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat. [17]
On 28 July 2018,Millerick was selected for the Cork intermediate team for the first time. He lined out at left corner-back in Cork's 2-19 to 0-18 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. [18]
Millerick made his first appearance for the Cork senior team on 3 February 2019. He was introduced as a 68th-minute substitute for Conor O'Sullivan in a 1-18 to 0-17 defeat of Wexford in the National Hurling League. [19]
| Team | Year | Cork SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Imokilly | 2017 | 5 | 0-02 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0-00 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0-00 | |
| Total | 14 | 0-02 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2019 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 |
| Career total | 2 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||