Kevin O'Reilly (born 1987) is hurler for the Dublin senior team and

Lucan Sarsfields Lucan Sarsfields ( Irish: ''Sáirséalaigh Leamhcáin'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1886, Sarsfields were one of 16 teams which contested the Dublin Senior Championship in 1887. They were a ...

. O'Reilly was named on the 2007 3rd Level All-Star XV for DIT due to his performance in the

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. O'Reilly was named on the

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team five times over his club career, firstly in 2006, then in 2009, 2011, 2013 and again in 2015. O'Reilly played as a forward and was a freetaker for Dublin Hurling Team and his native club,

Playing career

Minor / U21

O'Reilly won a

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medal for Dublin in 2005, with a five-point win over

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. He finished the game with a total of three frees and one point from play. During the same year O'Reilly won the

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with

against

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. O'Reilly scored a total of 0-7 in the game. O'Reilly won a

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medal for Dublin in 2007, with a win over

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. O'Reilly played in the

final in 2006, losing to

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on a scoreline of 2-16 to 2-11 at

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. O'Reilly was Dublin's topscorer with 0-7. O'Reilly won a Dublin Championship in 2008 with

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defeating

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after extra time by one point. O'Reilly finished that game with one goal and eight points.

Senior

In the 2007

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, Kevin O'Reilly was the highest scoring player on the Dublin Hurling Team with 1-19 (1-0 pen, 0-12f, 0-2 sline, 0-1 '65'), before an injury sustained during the 2007 NFL, it was announced that O'Reilly would not be taking part in any senior hurling games for Dublin in the championship. The injury sustained was a cruciate ligament tear. He returned in for the first round of the championship in 2008 and played a major role in Lucan narrowly defeating their opponents by a point. Reilly scored 1 -11 in that game.

References

1987 births Living people Dublin inter-county hurlers Lucan Sarsfields hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Dublin-hurling-bio-stub