Robbie Kiely (born 16 December 1990) is an Irish

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player who plays plays his club football for

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in Cork and previously at inter-county level for

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Career

Kiely made his championship debut for Tipperary in

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against

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On 31 July 2016, he started in the half back line as Tipperary defeated

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in the

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All-Ireland Quarter-finals at

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to reach their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935. On 21 August 2016, Tipperary were beaten in the semi-final by

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on a 2-13 to 0-14 scoreline, with Kiely receiving a black card in the first ten minutes of the match for a pull on the jersey of Jason Doherty which the referee

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deemed as a cynical foul. Former players including

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and

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have said that the black card was a wrong decision by the referee. On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against

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in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster title in 85 years. In May 2021, Kiely was ruled out for the entirety of the delayed 2021 season after sustaining a grade three C

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tear and

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damage. In January 2023, Kiely announced his retirement form inter-county football after 11 years.

Honours

;Tipperary *

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(1): 2010 * National Football League Division 3 (1): 2017 *

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It i ...

(1):

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*West Cork Junior Football League Division 3B (1): 2021

References

External links

Tipperary GAA Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiely, Robbie 1990 births Living people Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers