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Jody Brennan
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Half-Forward
Born (1983-01-18) 18 January 1983 (age 41)
Upperchurch, County Tipperary
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname Bishop Brennan
Occupation H&S Advisor
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
Harps Gaa Auckland Zero [0]
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2010-
Tipperary 1 (0)
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1 (1 as sub)
* club appearances and scores correct as of J.

Jody Brennan (born 18 November 1983) is an Irish sportsperson. He is a hurler from upperchurch and played for Tipperary. He plays hurling with Harps GAA Auckland, most notable as the man who stopped the "drive for five v Kilkenny" in 2010, as for also breaking the timber of Laois Stalwart Tony Connolly Upperchurch–Drombane and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

On 28 February 2010, Brennan made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Dublin in the 2010 National Hurling League, with Tipperary losing the game by 1–12 to 1-21. On 30 May 2010, Brennan made his Championship debut against Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Tipperary ended up losing the game by 3–15 to 0-14, with Brennan coming on as a substitute in the second half.[1][2]

On 5 September 2010, Brennan was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4–17 to 1–18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Brennan's first All-Ireland winners medal.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cork expose Tipp failings in ruthless fashion". The Irish Times. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14". Tipperary.gaa.ie. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.