Hubert Rigney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Aodh Ó Roigne | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born | Banagher, County Offaly | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St. Rynagh's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Offaly titles | 3 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1990-2002 | Offaly | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Hubert Rigney (born 1971 in Banagher, County Offaly) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Rynagh's and with the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1990 until 2002.
Rigney played his club hurling with the St. Rynagh's club in Banagher. He started playing hurling at the age of 11 and won his first medal at the age of 13 when his side defeated Portumna in Galway. As a member of the senior team Rigney captured three county titles in 1990, 1992 and 1993. This final win was later converted into a Leinster club title.
Rigney first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Offaly minor hurling team in the late 1980s. He won a Leinster title in this grade in 1989 before later capturing an All-Ireland title following a victory over Clare. Rigney later joined the Offaly under-21 team where he captured a Leinster title in 1991. He added a second Leinster under-21 medal to his collection in 1993, however, he never collected an All-Ireland medal in this grade.
Rigney became a member of the Offaly senior panel in 1990. In the spring of 1991 he captured a National Hurling League title, Offaly's first, and the future was looking brighter for the midlands team. Three years later in 1994 Rigney was a key member of the Offaly team as he first Leinster title. Offaly later progressed to the All-Ireland final where they played Limerick. With four minutes to go Offaly were trailing by five points, however, a scoring spree in the remaining time resulted in the side winning the game by 6 points. Offaly manager Éamonn Cregan had orchestrated a great win over has native county and Rigney collected his first All-Ireland medal, while also picking up an All Star Award.
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