Niall Rigney (born 1969 in Portlaoise, County Laois) is an

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retired hurling

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and player. He played hurling with his local club Portlaoise and was a member of the

Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medi ...

senior inter-county team from 1988 until 2001. Rigney was the manager of the Laois senior hurling team from 2008 until 2010. His brother Brian Rigney played rugby for Leinster and Ireland and another brother Colm who played rugby for Connacht

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1969 births Living people Portlaoise hurlers Laois inter-county hurlers Hurling managers {{Laois-hurling-bio-stub