Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Marcus Mac Ruairí | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Complete forward | ||
Born | 2001 Scariff, County Clare, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2019-present | Scariff | ||
Club titles | |||
Clare titles | 0 | ||
Munster titles | Munster | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2019-2023 | University of Limerick | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | Two | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
Debut 2021- present | Clare | 19 (6-50) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 (2024) | ||
NHL | 1 (2024) | ||
All Stars | 1 (All-star corner-forward 2024) | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:52, 39 June 2024. |
Mark Rodgers (born 2001) plays hurling for his native parish Scariff and at inter-county level with All-Ireland champions Clare.
Rodgers had his first hurling successes as a student at Scariff Community College. He was part of the college team that beat St Fergal's College to claim the All-Ireland Colleges SCHC title in 2018. [1] Rodgers later had success with University of Limerick, winning back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2022 and 2023. [2] [3]
At club level, Rodgers first played at juvenile and underage levels with Scraiff before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He won a Clare IHC title in 2020 after Scariff beat Tubber in the final. [4]
Rodgers first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling team in 2018. [5] He later spent two seasons with the Clare under-20 hurling team before being drafted onto the Clare senior hurling team in 2021. [6] [7] Rodgers won a National Hurling League medal in 2024. [8]
On 21 July 2024, he started in the half-forward line as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title. [9] [10] [11] Rodgers won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season. [12]
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Clare | 2021 | Division 1B | 4 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-08 |
2022 | 2 | 1-17 | 1 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 5 | 1-21 | ||
2023 | Division 1A | 3 | 3-02 | 5 | 3-06 | 2 | 1-21 | 10 | 7-29 | |
2024 | 5 | 0-21 | 5 | 2-17 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 2-38 | ||
Career total | 14 | 5-46 | 13 | 5-27 | 6 | 1-23 | 33 | 11-96 |
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