Age 25 Height 6ft 1in Weight 14st 6lbs
Pádraic was born on February 9th 1989. Padraic plays for the Thurles Sarsfields club. He won All-Ireland Minor Hurling medals as a full-back in 2006 and 2007. Padraic also won a Munster Minor Hurling medal in 2007, Munster Under 21 Hurling medals in 2008 and 2010 (as Captain) and 3 Munster Senior Hurling medals (2009, 2011 and 2012). In 2010, He won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal playing at left half-back in the final against Kilkenny. He captained Tipperary to Munster and All-Ireland Under 21 honours in 2010, playing at centre-back in the Munster Final and at full-back in the All-Ireland Final.
With Durlas Óg, Pádraic won two County Under 16 A Hurling medals (2004 and 2005). He has also won 2 County Minor “A” Hurling medals (2006 and 2007), 2 County Minor “A” Football medals (2005 and 2006), 2 County Under 21 “A” Hurling medals (2008 and 2009) and 3 County Senior Hurling medal (2009, 2010 and 2012), winning the man of the match award in the 2009 County Senior Hurling Final. He won a Munster Club Hurling medal in 2012. Padraic won the Corn Na Mac Leinn All Ireland Football title in 2007 with the Tipperary Institute. His father, Paddy, won an All-Ireland Minor Hurling medal in 1980.
Padraic made his Allianz Hurling League debut as a substitute against Dublin in March 2009 and his Championship debut at wing-back against Cork in the 2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship. He was nominated for All-Star awards in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, winning an award at full-back in 2009 and at left half-back in 2011. He was nominated for the 2009 Young Hurler of the Year award along with Noel McGrath and Joe Canning (Galway) and nominated for the 2011 Hurler of the Year award along with Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny) and Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny). Padraic’s brother Ronan is also a member of the panel.
Championship debut – 2009 vs. Cork
Number of Appearances – 27
Scored – 0-6