John O'Neill (born 13 July 1990) is an Irish sportsman. He plays

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

with his local club Clonoulty–Rossmore and with the Kerry senior team.

Career

In 2007, O'Neill was a member of the Tipperary minor team that won the Munster MHC final by 0–18 to 1–11 against

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. Tipperary subsequently defeated Kilkenny to qualify for the All-Ireland MHC final. Cork, the defeated Munster MHC finalists, provided the opposition and a high-scoring game developed over the course of the hour. At the full-time whistle Tipperary were the champions by 3–14 to 2–11. On 28 July 2010, O'Neill was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary defeated

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in the 2010 Munster U21HC final at

Semple Stadium FBD Semple Stadium is the home of hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. Located in Thurles, County Tipperary, it is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland (after Croke Park), with a capacity of 45,690 ...

, winning by 1–22 to 1–17. On 11 September 2010, he came on as a substitute as Tipperary clinched the All Ireland U21HC title by defeating

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by 5–22 to 0–12 at

. He made his senior Tipperary debut in the first round of the

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on 12 February 2011 against

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

, scoring a point in a 1–10 to 1–17 defeat at

. In his second game against

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a week later he scored a goal and two points.

Honours

Tipperary

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the oneills.com GAA Hurling Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). ...

: **Winner (1): 2010 *

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-c ...

: **Winner (1): 2010 *

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

: **Winner (1): 2007 *

Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of ...

: **Winner (1): 2007

References

External links

Tipperary GAA Player Profiles
1990 births Living people Clonoulty-Rossmore hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub