Mark Rodgers

Mark Rodgers (born 2001) plays hurling for his native parish Scariff and at inter-county level with All-Ireland champions Clare.

Mark Rodgers

Personal information
Irish name	Marcus Mac Ruairí
Sport	Hurling
Position	Complete forward
Born	2001 Scariff, County Clare, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
2019-present	Scariff
Club titles
Clare titles	0
Munster titles	Munster
Colleges(s)
Years	College
2019-2023	University of Limerick
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	Two
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
Debut 2021- present	Clare	19 (6-50)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	1 (2024)
NHL	1 (2024)
All Stars	1 (All-star corner-forward 2024)
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:52, 39 June 2024.

Career and education

Rodgers had his first hurling successes as a student at Scariff Community College. He was part of the college team that beat St Fergal's College to claim the All-Ireland Colleges SCHC title in 2018.^[1] Rodgers later had success with University of Limerick, winning back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.^[2][3]

At club level, Rodgers first played at juvenile and underage levels with Scraiff before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He won a Clare IHC title in 2020 after Scariff beat Tubber in the final.^[4]

Rodgers first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling team in 2018.^[5] He later spent two seasons with the Clare under-20 hurling team before being drafted onto the Clare senior hurling team in 2021.^[6][7] Rodgers won a National Hurling League medal in 2024.^[8]

On 21 July 2024, he started in the half-forward line as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title.^[9][10][11] Rodgers won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 9 June 2024.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
		Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Clare	2021	Division 1B	4	1-06	2	0-02	2	0-00	8	1-08
	2022		2	1-17	1	0-02	2	0-02	5	1-21
	2023	Division 1A	3	3-02	5	3-06	2	1-21	10	7-29
	2024		5	0-21	5	2-17	0	0-00	10	2-38
Career total			14	5-46	13	5-27	6	1-23	33	11-96

Honours

Team

Scariff

• All-Ireland Colleges Senior C Hurling Championship: 2018

University of Limerick

• Fitzgibbon Cup: 2022, 2023 (jc)

Scariff

• Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2020

Clare

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2024
• National Hurling League: 2024

Individual

Awards

• All Star (1): 2024
• GAA-GPA Young Hurler of the Year (1): 2023^[13]
• The Sunday Game Team of the Year: 2024