Clare's Ger Keane NAME: Ger Keane DATE OF BIRTH: 31-3-74 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: St Senan's, Kilkee COUNTY: Clare NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 3 McGrath Cups; 1 Division 2 National League medal; 1 All-Ireland Colleges; 1 Combined Colleges (Intervarsities); 1 County Senior Championship medal; 2 County Leagues; 2 Under 21 County titles NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): I have represented Clare in hurling and athletics INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: McGrath Cup vs Limerick 1993 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Barry Keating, Eire Og, Ennis FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Ui Chaoimh; Gaelic Grounds, Limerick; Cusack Park, Ennis HOBBIES: Socialising, cinema and I am interested in all kinds of sports FAVOURITE POSITION: Anywhere in the forward line FAVOURITE PLAYERS: John Egan (Kerry), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Trevor Giles (Meath), Noel Roche (Clare) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents, my uncles and all my coaches THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Getting to a Munster Final, and winning a county title with my club BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Injuries OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Fionnan Murray (Cork), Noel Kenneally (Kerry), Michael Keane and Michael O'Shea (Clare) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Introduce a second referee like the Australian Rules football. Maybe introduce a sin bin for players who get cautioned but don't deserve to be sent off DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Not enough money being put back into the players. It is the players who attract the crowds and I feel that no player should lose out financially as a result of playing gaelic games DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My uncles played for Clare, and my younger brother Michael is on the Clare Minor panel. My father also played a bit when he was younger as did my older brother Willie PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Claudia Scheiffer (for obvious reasons) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Go on you good thing' PET HATES: Talking about politics, and people who are always complaining FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart has to be the best film ever IDEAL DATE: Apart from my girlfriend, it would have to be Claudia Scheiffer HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a carefree person who never got too worked up about anything Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 19th December 1997 Vol 7 No 51 Tweet

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