John Mullane
John Mullane in action for De La Salle in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Seán Ó Maoláin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right Corner Forward | ||
| Born |
28 January 1981 Waterford, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Electrician | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1998– | De La Salle | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 3 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2001–2012 | Waterford | 49 (15–133) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 5 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:35, 28 October 2012. | |||
John Mullane (born 28 January 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Waterford senior team.
Mullane joined the team during the 2001 championship and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. Since then he has won four Munster winners' medals, one National League winners' medal and five All Star awards. Mullane has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Mullane is a two-time Munster medalist with De La Salle. In addition to this he has also won three county club championship medals.
Mullane is widely considered one, if not the best player Waterford has ever produced. Winning a total of 5 All-Stars (a record for a Waterford player), Mullane is also one of the best players ever never to win the Liam MacCarthy Cup. He is considered a legend of Waterford due to his passionate displays throughout his career.
Mullane plays his club hurling with the De La Salle club and has enjoyed much success.
After few victories in the minor and under-21 grades, Mullane lined out in his first championship decider in 2005 as De La Salle faced Ballygunner. A narrow 2–10 to 1–12 defeat was Mullane's lot on that occasion.
After a number of years of early exits in the county championship, De La Salle reached the championship final again in 2008. Abbeyside were the opponents on that occasion and a close game developed. At the final whistle De La Salle were the champions by 0–11 to 0–9 and Mullane collected his first county championship medal. De La Salle subsequently represented Waterford in the provincial series and even reached the final. A narrow 1–9 to 0–10 defeat of Adare gave Mullane a first Munster medal. Mullane's side later reached the All-Ireland decider where Portumna provided the opposition. De La Salle were well beaten on that occasion by 2–24 to 1–8.
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