David Young (hurler)

David Young (born 13 July 1985) is an Irish hurler who currently plays since 2015 as a right wing-back for the Kildare senior team.[1] He previously played for the Tipperary senior team.[2]

David Young

Personal information
Irish name	Daithí de Siún
Sport	Hurling
Position	Right Half Back
Born	(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 Toomevara, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
2002-	Toomevara
Club titles
Tipperary titles	4
Munster titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2010-2012 2015-	Tipperary Kildare
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1

Young made his first appearance for the team during the 2010 National League and has remained a peripheral player over the last few seasons. During that time he has won one All-Ireland winners' medal on the field of play. He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.

At club level Young is a two-time Munster medalist with Toomevara. In addition to this he has also won four county club championship medal.

Playing career

Club

Young plays his club hurling with Toomevara and has enjoyed much success.

After joining the club's senior team as a minor, Young lined out in his first county final in 2003. A 3-16 to 3-13 defeat of Thurles Sarsfield's once again, gave him his first county club championship medal.[3]

Toomevara retained their title in 2004 following a comfortable 4-12 to 2-12 win over Éire Óg/Golden. It was a second successive championship medal for Young. After a number of early exits from the provincial championship in recent years, Toomevara subsequently defeated Mount Sion by just a single point to give Young his first Munster medal.[4]

After surrendering their county and provincial titles in 2005, Toomevara returned to the county championship decider once again the following year. A thrilling 1-21 to 2-14 defeat of Nenagh Éire Óg saw Toomevara take the title once again.[5] Young later won a second Munster medal following a controversial 2-9 to 2–8 defeat of Erin's Own of Cork.[6]

In 2008 Young won a fourth county championship medal following a 2-14 to 0-17 defeat of old rivals Thurles Sarsfield's.[7]

Inter-county

Young first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team in 2003. He won a Munster medal in his one year with the team following a 2-12 to 0-16 defeat of Cork.

By 2006 Young was captain of the Tipperary under-21 team. A 3-11 to 0-13 defeat of Cork gave him a Munster medal in that grade. Young later led his team to an All-Ireland showdown with Kilkenny. An exciting game resulted in a 2-14 apiece draw. Kilkenny narrowly won the replay by 1-11 to 0-11.

Young made his senior debut for Tipperary in a National Hurling League game against Limerick in 2010. Later that season he made his championship debut against Wexford in the All-Ireland qualifiers. Tipperray regrouped in the qualifiers and reached a second successive All-Ireland decider. Kilkenny, a team chasing an unprecedented fifth successive championship, provided the opposition and a great game was expected. Tipperary got off to a great start which was bolstered by an early Lar Corbett goal. He subsequently completed a hat-trick of goals and Tipperary had a fourth by Noel McGrath to deny Kilkenny's drive-for-five and secure a remarkable and convincing 4-17 to 1-18 victory.[8] Young came on as a substitute in that game to claim an All-Ireland medal on the field of play.

Young started Tipperary's two opening championship games in 2011 but was dropped from the starting fifteen for Tipp's Munster final triumph over Waterford.[9] For the third successive year, Tipperary faced off against Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, on this occasion Kilkenny were slight underdogs going up against the new champions. Kilkenny started quickly and never surrendered the lead in the 2-17 to 1-16 victory.[10] Young came on as a substitute in this game having missed Tipp's previous two games.

In 2012 Young was still a member of Tipperary's extended panel but played no part in their championship campaign.

In 2015 Young will play with the Kildare senior hurling team.[11]

Honours

Team

Toomevara

• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 2004, 2006
• Tipperary Senior Club Hurling Championship (4): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008

Tipperary

* All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship (C) (1): 2013

* Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship (C) (1): 2013

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2010
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2006
• Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2003

References

1. "Tipperary star David Young swings game for Kildare". Irish Independent. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
2. "Senior Hurling Panel". Tipperary GAA website. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
3. "Toomevara raiders survive late scare". Irish Independent. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
4. O'Flynn, Diarmuid (22 November 2004). "Toome's title resurrection". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
5. "O'Brien leads Toomevara to thrilling victory over Nenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
6. Breheny, Martin (4 December 2006). "Referee gets Garda escort after furious Erin's Own players vent their feelings". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
7. Larkin, Brendan (20 October 2008). "Brilliant Brislane fires Toomevara to final glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
8. "RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18". RTÉ Sport. 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
9. "Tipp show appetite for destruction". Irish Times. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
10. "RTÉ Sport: Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 1-16". RTÉ Sport. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
11. "Tipperary All-Ireland winner is Kildare's newest hurling star after opening league win". the 42. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.