Luke Meade

Luke Meade

Personal information
Irish name	Lúcás Miach
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 26) Newcestown, County Cork, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
2013-present	Newcestown	11 (1-33)
Club titles
Cork titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
2015-2019	Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	1
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2015-present	Cork	21 (1-12)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 11:02, 5 August 2019. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:52, 31 July 2021.

Luke Meade (born 29 October 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays as a centre back for club side Newcestown and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a midfielder.

Playing career

Hamilton High School

Meade first came to prominence as a hurler with the Hamilton High School in Bandon. Having played at every grade, he was at midfield on the school's senior team that won the O'Callaghan Cup in 2014 and contested the Harty Cup. ^[1]

Mary Immaculate College

As a student at Mary Immaculate College, Meade joined the college senior team during his second year of studies. In 2017 he was at left corner-forward as Mary Immaculate College retained the Fitzgibbon Cup title following a 3-24 to 1-19 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow. ^[2]

Newcestown

Meade joined the Newcestown club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He won back-to-back West Cork under-21 championship titles with Newcestown in 2013 and 2014. On 10 October 2015, he won a championship medal in the premier intermediate grade following a 1-23 to 0-08 defeat of Valley Rovers. ^[3] Meade has since become a dual senior player.

Cork

Minor and under-21

Meade first played for Cork as a member of the minor team. He scored 2-04 in his debut against Kerry in the Munster quarter-final on 9 April 2014. ^[4] Cork subsequently exited the championship following a defeat by Limerick. ^[5] Meade subsequently played for three unsuccessful seasons with the Cork under-21 team.

Senior

Meade had just turned eighteen and was still in secondary school when he was approached to join the Cork senior team in January 2015. He was selected at left corner-forward in a challenge game against Limerick and scored a hat-trick of goals in a 6-13 to 2-18 victory. ^[6] Later that year he was added to the Cork intermediate panel and won a Munster medal following a 0-20 to 0-18 defeat of Limerick in the final. ^[7] After starting on the bench for the subsequent All-Ireland final against Galway, Meade was introduced as a second-half substitute, however, Cork were defeated by 0-23 to 0-14. ^[8]

After making several appearances during the 2016 Munster League, Meade was a member of the extended training panel for the subsequent National League and Championship campaigns. He became a regular member of the starting fifteen during Cork's 2017 National League fixtures and made his championship debut on 21 May 2017 in a 2-27 to 1-26 Munster quarter-final defeat of Tipperary. ^[9] On 9 July 2017, Meade won his first Munster medal following a 1-25 to 1-20 defeat of Clare in the final. ^[10]

On 1 July 2018, Meade scored 1-01 from play on his way to a second successive Munster title following a 2-24 to 3-19 defeat of Clare in the final. ^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2021.

Team	Year	Cork PIHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Newcestown	2013	2	0-01	—		—		2	0-01
	2014	5	0-08	—		—		5	0-08
	2015	5	2-14	2	0-01	—		7	2-15
	Total	12	2-23	2	0-01	—		14	2-24
	Year	Cork SHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
	2016	2	0-05	—		—		2	0-05
	2017	4	1-13	—		—		4	1-13
	2018	3	0-08	—		—		3	0-08
	2019	2	0-07	—		—		2	0-07
	Total	11	1-33	—		—		11	1-33
	Year	Cork SAHC		Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
	2020	5	0-05	—		—		5	0-05
	2021	5	1-08	—		—		5	1-08
	Total	10	1-14	—		—		10	1-13
Career total		33	4-69	2	0-01	—		35	4-70

Inter-county

As of 5 February 2022.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Cork	2015	Division 1A	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2016		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2017		6	2-07	3	0-04	1	0-00	10	2-11
	2018		6	0-04	5	1-02	1	0-01	12	1-07
	2019		5	0-03	4	0-03	1	0-00	10	0-06
	2020		4	0-02	1	0-00	2	0-01	7	0-03
	2021		5	1-03	1	0-00	4	0-02	10	1-05
	2022		1	1-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	1	1-00
Career total			27	4-19	14	1-09	9	0-04	50	5-32

Honours

Hamilton High School

• Dr. O'Callaghan Cup (1): 2014

Mary Immaculate College

• Fitzgibbon Cup (1): 2017

Newcestown

• Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2015
• West Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 2013, 2014, 2015

Cork

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2017, 2018
• Munster Senior Hurling League (1): 2017
• Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2015

References

1. "Cahalane Hamilton hero". Irish Independent. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
2. Fallon, John (25 February 2017). "Mary I retain Fitzgibbon Cup with dominant final display as excellent Cian Lynch claims Man of the Match". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
3. Hurley, Denis (12 October 2015). "Five-star Newcestown's glorious day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
4. O'Callaghan, Therese (10 April 2014). "Cork power on but serious tests await". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
5. O'Flynn, Diarmuid (27 June 2014). "Limerick survive late scare". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
6. Hurley, Denis (5 January 2015). "Meade hat-trick in Cork's new year warm-up". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
7. Cormican, Eoghan (9 July 2015). "Third-quarter blitz secures title for Cork". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
8. Barry, Stephen (8 August 2015). "Galway trounce Cork to win All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
9. Fogarty, John (22 May 2017). "Young Cork Rebels seize the day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
10. "Cork victorious over Clare in Munster hurling final". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
11. Clerkin, Malachy (1 July 2018). "Cork quietly collect another Munster title as Clare crumble". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

External links

• Luke Meade profile at the Cork GAA website