Greg Kennedy (hurler)

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Greg Kennedy
Personal information
Irish name Gréagóir Ó Cinnéide
Sport Hurling
Position Right Corner back
Born (1976-04-15) 15 April 1976 (age 46)
Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
Loughrea
Club titles
Galway titles 1
Connacht titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1996-2007
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 4
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Greg Kennedy (born 15 April 1976) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Galway senior team. [1]

Kennedy joined the team during the 1996 championship and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 2007 championship. During that time he won four consecutive Connacht medals.

At club level Kennedy is a one-time Connacht medalist with Loughrea. He has also won one county club championship medal.

On 11 May 2019, Kennedy was part of the Dublin back-room team for the 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship match against Kilkenny. He was on the field as a runner in the first half when he intercepted a quickly-taken TJ Reid free by catching the ball and throwing it back to Reid. [2] He was handed a proposed four-week ban for his actions. [3]

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References

  1. "Interview: Greg Kennedy". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. "Dubs selector Kennedy faces lengthy ban over bizarre incident at Nowlan Park". Irish Independent. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "Dublin selector Greg Kennedy handed proposed four-week ban by the CCCC for 'disruptive conduct'". Irish Independent. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.