Joe Rabbitte

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Joe Rabbitte
Personal information
Irish name Seosamh Ó Coinín
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1970-04-22) 22 April 1970 (age 52)
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
1987-2007
Athenry [1]
Club titles
Galway titles 8 [2]
Connacht titles 8
All-Ireland Titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1990-2002
Galway 25 (2-28)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 5
All-Irelands 0
NHL 2
All Stars 2 [3]

Joe Rabbitte (born 22 April 1970)[ citation needed ] is an Irish former hurler. He played for his local club Athenry, [1] [4] and was a member of the Galway senior hurling team from 1990 until 2002. [5]

Rabbitte won his second GAA All-Stars Award in 2000. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Long road back for Rabbitte". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 4 September 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. "Rabbitte hails Portumna's quality". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2021. Joe Rabbitte has eight Galway senior medals, started his club career with Athenry
  3. 1 2 "All-Stars of The Sunday Game era: Hurling half-forwards". rte.ie. RTÉ. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021. Galway's Joe Rabbitte won his second All-Star in 2000
  4. "Rabbitte not taking early retirement". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 March 1999. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. "Rabbitte's bad breaks". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 12 July 2003. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Achievements
Preceded by All-Ireland Club Hurling Final
winning captain

2000
2001
Succeeded by