Lombard Brendan
February 05, 1999
Cork's Brendan Lombard
NAME: Brendan Lombard
DATE OF BIRTH: 22-3-1980
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 13st
CLUB: Ballinhassig
COUNTY: Cork
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Various underage medals with my club; Minor All-Ireland 1998; All-Ireland Vocational titles 1997, 1998; County and Munster medals with St. Brogans Secondary School
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Noel Hickey - Kilkenny minor full back
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium, Thurles
HOBBIES: Squash, hurling, socialising, absailing, surfing, hand gliding
FAVOURITE POSITION: Wing back or centre back
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Mis-hitting three sideline cuts in the semi final of the All-Ireland 1998 against Wexford
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Teddy McCarthy and Jim Cashman (Cork), Pat Harnet (Cork), DJ Carey (Kilkenny), Joe Cooney (Galway), Brian Whelehan (Offaly)
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Other great hurlers and my family
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the All-Ireland
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing in the county championship with my club in 1998
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Letting the game flow, making it faster
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Some referees ruin the game with too many stoppages in the game
DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My family
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Madonna or Pamela Lee Anderson, which ever. I'm not fussy
FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Take it easy' or 'relax'
FAVOURITE MUSIC: RMB
FAVOURITE FILM: The Lost Boys
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Spend it, enjoy it
IDEAL DATE: Brown, blonde hair, deep brown eyes, nice curves, nice car, knows how to enjoy herself, she has to have 'big personalities'
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Stud
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
5th February 1999
Vol 9 No 6
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