Micheál Webster

For those of a similar name, see Michael Webster (disambiguation).

Micheál Webster (born 1 August 1977) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a full-forward for the Tipperary senior team.

Micheál Webster

Personal information
Irish name	Mícheál
Sport	Dual player
Football Position:	Right wing-forward
Hurling Position:	Full-forward
Born	(1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 50) Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Occupation	Process Technician
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Loughmore–Castleiney
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Tipperary titles	1	1
Munster titles	0	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2005-2009 2003-2004	Tipperary (hurling) Tipperary (football)	17 (1-4) 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
	Football	Hurling
Munster Titles	0	2
All-Ireland Titles	0	0
League titles	0	0
All-Stars	0	0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:32, 1 November 2012.

Webster made his first appearance for the Tipperary senior football team during the 2003 National League and was a regular dual player until his retirement after the 2009 hurling championship. During that time he won two Munster 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 Loughmore–Castleiney GAA.

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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]} A 0-22 to 0-13 victory gave Webster a county hurling championship medal.^[2] Loughmore–Castleiney later reached the provincial final against Tulla. In bad weather Loughmore–Castleiney emerged as winners by 1-6 to 0-7 giving Webster a Munster medal.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

The following year Webster joined the Tipp senior football team. He made his debut as a substitute in a National League game against Waterford and was used on a regular basis during the rest of the campaign.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 he made his championship debut with the Tipperary senior football team when he came on as a substitute in a defeat by Limerick.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

After losing back-to-back Munster finals to Cork in 2005 and 2006 and a disastrous season in 2007,^{[citation needed]} things began to change for Tipp in 2009.^{[citation needed]} Tipperary qualified for the Munster final that year where they defeated Clare by 2-21 to 0-19.^[4] Webster collected his first Munster medal that day, however, Tipperary were subsequently defeated in an All-Ireland semi-final by Waterford on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-18.^[5] 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.^[6] After a six-week lay-off and a semi-final win over Limerick, Tipperary qualified for an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny. Two quick goals in the space of a minute, one from a penalty by Henry Shefflin, meant a 2-22 to 0-23 defeat for Tipperary.^[7]