Rory Stapleton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left corner back | ||
| Born | Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
? -? | Annanough | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
?- ? | Laois | ||
Rory Stapleton is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois.[1][2]
He usually plays at left corner back for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997.[3]
In 2006, Stapleton was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster U21 Football Championship.[4] In 2011, he left his local team Annanough to join Dublin outfit St Vincents.[citation needed]
His first senior championship appearance for Laois came as substitute in 2008 and he started his first senior championship game against Louth at Parnell Park in the June 2009 quarter-final.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Laois give starts to two debutants". RTÉ Sport. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ "In Brief: Rooney new Laois football captain". Independent. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ Cahill, Jackie (13 October 2003). "GAA: HI HOLD SILVER FOR ROGERS; Dublin 1-09 Laois 2-10 Proud moment for skipper as Micko's young stars shoot Dublin's double dream to pieces". Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2003.
- ^ "Laois defender to miss rest of the season". Examiner. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2007.