Niall Rigney
Irish hurler and manager
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Damien Ó Roigne | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Wing-forward | ||
Born | 1969 Portlaoise, County Laois | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1980s-2000s | Portlaoise | ||
Club titles | |||
Laois titles | 4 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1988-2001 | Laois | ? (6-23) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Niall Rigney (born 1969 in Portlaoise, County Laois) is an Irish retired hurling manager and player. He played hurling with his local club Portlaoise and was a member of the Laois senior inter-county team from 1988 until 2001. Rigney was the manager of the Laois senior hurling team from 2008 until 2010.[1]
His brother Brian Rigney played rugby for Leinster and Ireland and another brother Colm who played rugby for Connacht
References
- ^ "Profile of Niall Rigney". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Damien Fox | Laois Senior Hurling Manager 2008-2009 | Succeeded by Brendan Fennelly |
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Laois hurling team – managers
- G. Leahy (1979–85)
- J. Doyle (1985–87)
- P. Kelly (1987–89)
- G. Leahy (1989–91)
- P. Doyle (1991–93)
- P. Critchley (1993–95)
- B. Keating (1995–97)
- P. Horan (1997–00)
- S. Cuddy (2000–01)
- P. Delaney (2001–02)
- P. Butler (2002–05)
- D. Cahill (2005–06)
- D. Fox (2006–08)
- N. Rigney (2008–10)
- B. Fennelly (2010–11)
- T. McCarthy (2011–12)
- S. Plunkett (2012–15)
- G. Cunningham (2015**)
- S. Plunkett (2015–16)
- É. Kelly (2016–18)
- E. Brennan (2018–20)
- S. Plunkett (2020–22)
- W. Maher (2022)
**=In a caretaker role
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