Liam Lawlor (hurler)
Liam Lawlor (born 18 June 1985),[1] is a former intercounty footballer and hurler,[1] for Waterford. He also plays with his club Fourmilewater/The Nire.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Liam Ó Leathlobhair | ||
| Football Position: | Centre Back | ||
| Hurling Position: | Full Back | ||
| Born |
18 June 1985 Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2002-2016 | Newcastle Tipperary | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Waterford titles | 3 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2007-2009 2010-2014 |
Waterford footballers Waterford hurlers | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 2 | ||
Playing career
Club
Lawlor plays his club hurling with his local club Fourmilewater Hurling Club, in Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford and he plays football for his club The Nire. He has played with The Nire/Fourmilewater from underage upwards. He has two county senior football titles with The Nire 2006 and 2008. He also won an U-21 (A) championship in 2004. He captained The Nire to the league title in 2009 when they defeated Stradbally in the final. He also has a minor (B) county title from 2000.
He plays his club hurling for Fourmilewater, he made his debut for the club in 2002 when he started corner forward against Passage in the relegation final, he scored the crucial goal that day. He won a minor (B) county title with the Nire in 2003 scoring 2-04 in the final from full-forward. They defeated Dunhill-Fenor by a point.
Senior Intercounty
Hurling
Liam Lawlor made his intercounty senior championship debut against Clare in 2010. He played full back. He started all four games in Waterford's 2010 championship run, winning the Munster title along the way when Waterford defeated Cork after a replay in the final. Waterford's run ended when they were defeated by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final.[2]
He played two years county minor and three years county under-21 hurling.
Football
Liam was a member of the Waterford senior football panel from 2007 to 2009. He made his debut as a second-half substitute against Kerry in the Munster senior football semi-final in the Fraher field. In 2008 he started against Clare and in 2009 he started both games in 2010, against Cork in the Munster championship and Meath in the qualifiers. He returned to the football panel in 2015 and played in both of Waterford's championship games, in which they were defeated by Tipperary and Offaly.
He played in a Munster U-21 football final against Cork in 2006, Waterford were heavily defeated.
He also played one year county minor football, a relatively successful year for Waterford, played 5 games, won: 0, lost:3 and drew: 2. They registered draws against Cork and Clare.[3]