Jody Brennan

Irish hurler

Jody Brennan
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Half-Forward
Born	(1983-01-18) 18 January 1983 (age 41) Upperchurch, County Tipperary
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname	Bishop Brennan
Occupation	H&S Advisor
Club(s)*
Years	Club	Apps (scores)
	Harps Gaa Auckland	Zero [0]
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2010-	Tipperary	1 (0)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1 (1 as sub)
* club appearances and scores correct as of J.

Jody Brennan (born 18 November 1983) is an Irish sportsperson. He is a hurler from upperchurch and played for Tipperary. He plays hurling with Harps GAA Auckland, most notable as the man who stopped the "drive for five v Kilkenny" in 2010, as for also breaking the timber of Laois Stalwart Tony Connolly Upperchurch–Drombane and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

On 28 February 2010, Brennan made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Dublin in the 2010 National Hurling League, with Tipperary losing the game by 1–12 to 1-21. On 30 May 2010, Brennan made his Championship debut against Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Tipperary ended up losing the game by 3–15 to 0-14, with Brennan coming on as a substitute in the second half.^[1]^[2]

On 5 September 2010, Brennan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4–17 to 1–18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Brennan's first All-Ireland winners medal.^[3]

References

^ "Cork expose Tipp failings in ruthless fashion". The Irish Times. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
^ "Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14". Tipperary.gaa.ie. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

External links

Tipperary Player Profiles

Tipperary - 2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (26th title)

1 B. Cummins
2 P. Stapleton
3 P. Curran
4 M. Cahill
5 D. Fanning
6 C. O'Mahony
7 Pádraic Maher
8 B. Maher
9 S. McGrath
10 G. Ryan
11 Patrick Maher
12 J. O'Brien
13 N. McGrath
14 E. Kelly (c)
15 L. Corbett

Subs used: 23 C. O'Brien for O'Mahony; 19 S. Callanan for J. O'Brien; 20 B. Dunne for S. McGrath; 24 S. Hennessy for B. Maher; 30 D. Young for Fanning

Subs not used: 16 D. Gleeson; 17 P. Bourke; 18 J. Brennan; 21 D. Egan; 22 T. Hammersley; 23 M. Heffernan; 25 P. Kerwick; 26 S. Maher; 27 H. Maloney; 29 B. O'Meara