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John Hanbury (hurler)
Irish hurler (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Hanbury (born 13 May 1993) is a former Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for club side Rahoon-Newcastle and formerly at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.[1]
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Playing career
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University
As a student at NUI Galway, Hanbury was a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[2]
Club
Hanbury joined the Rahoon-Newcastle club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying championship success in the under-21 grade in 2013.[citation needed], Currently plays American football with Amsterdam Crusaders and on the Irish National American Football Team.
Inter-county
Minor and under-21
Hanbury first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 23 July 2011. He made his first appearance in an 8-26 to 0-12 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Antrim at Parnell Park.[3] On 4 September 2011, Hanbury was at left wing-back in Galway's 1-21 to 1-12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[4]
As a member of the Galway under-21 hurling team, Hanbury made his first appearance on 24 August 2013 in a 0-07 to 1-16 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Clare.[5]
Senior
Hanbury made his debut for the Galway senior team on 15 February 2015 in a 2-15 to 1-17 National Hurling League defeat of Clare.[6] On 6 September 2015, Hanbury was at full-back for Galway's 1-22 to 1-18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[7]
On 23 April 2017, Hanbury came on as a 65th-minute substitute for Daithí Burke when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-14 to win the National Hurling League.[8] Later that season he won his first Leinster Championship medal after Galway's 0-29 to 1-17 defeat of Wexford in the final.[9] On 3 September 2017, Hanbury started for Galway at left corner-back when Galway won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final.[10]
On 8 July 2018, Hanbury won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.[11]
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Career statistics
- As of match played 5 August 2018.
Honours
- Rahoon-Salthill
- Galway Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2013
- Galway
References
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