Ursula Jacob
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ursula Íácób | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born |
7 September 1985 Wexford, Ireland |
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| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Oulart-The Ballagh | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| Wexford | ? | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | ? | ||
| All-Irelands | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| * club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 September 2011 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 September 2011 (UTC)). |
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Ursula Jacob is a camogie player, winner of All Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007,2010 and 2011, when she scored a dramatic 52nd-minute goal which changed the course of the All Ireland final and secured victory for Wexford. She was player of the match in Wexford's semi-final victory over Cork and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. With a total of 3–54 she was the highest scoring player in the Senior Championship of 2011.
Ursula is sister of substitute goalkeeper, Helena, and of Wexford hurlers Michael and Rory. Their father, Mick, was the county's first hurling All Star in 1972, while their mother, Breda (née McClean), played with Wexford in the All Ireland Junior camogie final of 1972 against Galway. Ursula started playing with the Wexford senior team at the age of 15.
Urusla captained the Wexford team in 2011. Eight out of 14 journalists at the final described her goal as among the best in the history of the game. TV analyst and three times All Ireland medalist Therese O'Callaghan described it as "a dream goal, as good a goal as you are likely to see.” Former Galway hurling manager Cyril Farrell said during the course of his TV match commentary:
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