Richie Power (1985)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Risteard de Paor | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
4 December 1985 Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Sales Rep | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Carrickshock | |||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2005–2016 | Kilkenny | 42 (14–81) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NHL | 6 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:01, 7 September 2015. | |||
Richard "Richie" Power (born 4 December 1985) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, Power first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2005 league. Power immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and has won eight All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and three National League medals. He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Power has won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time Leinster medallist with Carrickshock in the intermediate grade. In addition to this he has also won one championship medal in the same grade.
Power's father, Richie Power, Snr, and his brother, John, have also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.
Power plays his club hurling with Carrickshock and has enjoyed much success.
At underage levels he has won back-to-back minor county championship as well as a county under-21B championship.
In 2004 Power won a county intermediate championship medal with Carrickshock following a narrow 0–14 to 1–10 defeat of Mooncoin. He later won a Leinster intermediate winners' medal as Carrickshock defeated St Patrick's of Wexford by 2–16 to 0–7 in the inaugural provincial decider. Power's side were subsequently defeated by Kildangan in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship decider.
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