Ger Cushe
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| Personal information | |||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Full name | Ger Cushe | ||
| Date of Birth | 3 March 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Gorey, County Wexford | ||
| Height | 6'1" | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Naomh Éanna | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Inter County | |||
| County | Wexford | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Wexford | 1991-2001 | ||
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Leinster Titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland | 1 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Ger Cushe (born 3 March 1967) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior hurling with Wexford from 1991 until 2001.
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[edit] Early life
Ger Cushe was born in Gorey, County Wexford in 1967. He was educated locally and later worked as an agent for Wexford Creamery.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Cushe played his club hurling with his local Naomh Éanna club in Gorey. He had some success with the club at underage level and in 1990 he captained the side to a Wexford intermediate hurling championship title.
[edit] Inter-county
In the mid 1980s Cushe joined the Wexford minor hurling team. He won a Leinster title with his native-county in 1985, however, Wexford later lost the All-Ireland final to Cork. Cushe later graduated onto Wexford's under-21 team where he won back-to-back Leinster titles in 1985 and 1986. Once again he was denied an All-Ireland medal, this time by Galway. Cushe made his senior debut in the firts round of the National Hurling League in 1990. Six years later in 1996 Cushe was the Wexford full-back when he won his first senior Leinster title. He subsequently claimed his first, and only, All-Ireland medal following a win over Limerick in the final. Cushe captured a second Leinster title in 1997, however, Wexford were later defeated by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final. The following years proved difficult as Wexford and Cushe faced a resurgent Kilkenny in the Leinster championship. He retired from inter-county hurling in 2001.
Cushe later served as a selector to the Wexford senior hurling team.
[edit] Teams
| Wexford - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1996 | ||
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1 D. Fitzhenry | 2 C. Kehoe | 3 G. Cushe | 4 J. O'Connor | 5 R. Guiney | 6 L. Dunne | 7 L. O'Gorman | 8 A. Fenlon | 9 G. O'Connor | 10 R. McCarthy | 11 M. Storey (Capt.) | 12 L. Murphy | 13 T. Dempsey | 14 G. Laffan | 15 É. Scallan | Subs: B. Byrne | P. Finn | P. Codd | Manager: L. Griffin |
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