Micheál Webster (born 1 August 1977) is an Irish hurler and

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er who played as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team. Webster made his first appearance for the Tipperary senior football team during the 2003 National League and was a regular

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until his retirement after the 2009 hurling championship. During that time he won two

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hurling medals. He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Webster is a dual county senior championship medalist with Loughmore–Castleiney.

Playing career

Club

Webster plays his club hurling and football with

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. In 2004 he was a member of the Loughmore senior football team that reached the county championship decider. Moyle Rovers were the opponents, however, a 0-9 to 0-6 victory gave Webster a county football championship medal. Three years later 2007 Webster was on the Loughmore–Castleiney team that reached the county hurling championship final. Drom & Inch provided the opposition, however, the game was one-sided in nature. A 0-22 to 0-13 victory gave Webster a county hurling championship medal. Loughmore–Castleiney later reached the provincial final against

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. In bad weather Loughmore–Castleiney emerged as winners by 1-6 to 0-7 giving Webster a

medal.

Inter-county

Webster first came to prominence on the inter-count scene as a member of the Tipperary junior football team during the 2002 campaign. The following year Webster joined the Tipp senior football team. He made his debut as a substitute in a National League game against

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and was used on a regular basis during the rest of the campaign. In 2004 he made his championship debut with the Tipperary senior football team when he came on as a substitute in a defeat by

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. By 2005 Webster had joined the Tipperary senior hurling team. He made his debut in a National League game against Down that year, and immediately became a regular member of the team. After losing back-to-back Munster finals to Cork in 2005 and 2006 and a disastrous season in 2007, things began to change for Tipp in 2009. Tipperary qualified for the Munster final that year where they defeated

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by 2-21 to 0-19. Webster collected his first

medal that day, however, Tipperary were subsequently defeated in an All-Ireland semi-final by

on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-18. Cummins was once again presented with an All-Star award. In 2009 Webster won his second Munster medal as Tipp defeated Waterford by 4-14 to 2-16. After a six-week lay-off and a semi-final win over

, Tipperary qualified for an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny. Two quick goals in the space of a minute, one from a penalty by

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, meant a 2-22 to 0-23 defeat for Tipperary.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Micheal 1985 births Living people Loughmore-Castleiney hurlers Loughmore-Castleiney Gaelic footballers Tipperary inter-county hurlers Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers 21st-century Irish sportsmen