Kevin Tobin

Kevin Tobin
Personal information
Irish name	Caoimhin Ó Tóibín
Sport	Hurling
Position	Forward
Born	Boher, County Limerick
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Murroe-Boher
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2000s	Limerick
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0

Kevin Tobin (born 1981 in Boher, County Limerick) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and with the Limerick senior inter-county team.^[1]

Playing career

Club

Tobin plays his club hurling with his local Murroe-Boher club, however, he has yet to taste success at senior level. Tobin's brother Pat also plays on the team.^[1]

Inter-county

Tobin first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the successful Limerick under-21 team of the early 2000s. He won his first Munster title in this grade in 2000. He later collected an All-Ireland medal with the team following a victory over Galway in the championship decider. In 2001 Tobin won a second Munster under-21 medal. He played in the All-Ireland final against Wexford scoring 2 points to capture a second consecutive All-Ireland medal. The following year Tobin added a third Munster medal to his collection. Once again Limerick went all the way and Tobin captured a third consecutive All-Ireland medal. It was Limerick’s third such victory in-a-row. Tobin later joined the county senior team, however, Limerick hurling was in the doldrums at the time. All this changed in 2007 under the management of Richie Bennis. Limerick began their championship campaign with an epic battle with Tipperary. Limerick wento on to win the second replay and qualified to play Waterford in the Munster final. Although Limerick lost on that occasion the team showed that they were not a pushover. Limerick later gained their revenge on Waterford by defeating them in the All-Ireland semi-final. This victory allowed Tobin’s side to play Kilkenny in the championship decider. Unfortunately, Limerick got off to a bad start and conceded two goals in the first ten minutes. 'The Cats', however, went on to win the game by six points.

References

1 2 "Tobin added to Limerick squad". Hogan Stand. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2010.

Teams

Limerick – 2000 All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Champions (2nd title)

1 T. Houlihan 2 D. Reale 3 E. Mulcahy 4 P. Reale 5 P. O'Reilly 6 B. Geary 7 W. Walsh 8 J. Meskell 9 S. Lucey 10 P. O'Grady 11 S. O'Connor 12 D. Stapleton 13 D. Sheehan (c) 14 B. Begley 15 M. Keane Subs K. Tobin Manager D. Keane

Limerick – 2001 All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Champions (3rd title)

1 T. Houlihan (c) 2 D. Reale 3 B. Carroll 4 E. Mulcahy 5 M. O'Riordan 6 B. Geary 7 M. O'Brien 8 P. Lawlor 9 S. Lucey 10 E. Foley 11 K. Tobin 12 P. Tobin 13 C. Fitzgerald 14 N. Moran 15 M. Keane Sub used A. O'Shaughnessy for P. Tobin Manager D. Keane

Limerick – 2002 All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Champions (4th title)

1 T. Houlihan 2 D. Reale 3 E. Mulcahy 4 M. Cahill 5 E. Foley 6 P. O'Dwyer 7 M. O'Brien 8 P. Lawlor (c) 9 N. Moran 10 C. Fitzgerald 11 J. O'Brien 12 K. Tobin 13 A. O'Shaughnessy 14 P. Kirby 15 M. Keane Subs P. Tobin for C. Fitzgerald B. Carroll for P. O'Dwyer R. Hayes for M. O'Brien Manager D. Keane

Limerick – 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: N. Moran for M. O'Brien; J. O'Brien for S. O'Connor; P. Tobin for M. FitzGerald; K. Tobin for D. Ryan; M. O'Riordan for P. Lawlor

Subs not used: D. Bulfin; H. Flavin; B. Foley; E. Foley; W. McNamara; M. O'Brien; P. O'Dwyer; G. O'Mahony; K. O'Rourke; D. Sheehan

Manager: R. Bennis

Coach: G. Kirby

Selectors: B. Hartigan; T. Hickey; A. O'Riordan

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