Kilkenny's Niall Maloney NAME: Niall Maloney DATE OF BIRTH: 11-2-75 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 14st CLUB: St Martins COUNTY: Kilkenny NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 21 Leinster 1995; Leinster Senior medal 1998 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: October 1996 v Wicklow in the Oireachtas Cup TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Michael Ryan, Tipperary FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Nowlan Park, Thurles HOBBIES: Hunting, fishing, snooker FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Brian Whelahan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning Leinster Senior Final 1998; scoring the goal against Waterford in the All-IReland semi final BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the All-Ireland Under 21 Final in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Mick Kavanagh, John Hoyne WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Improving the standard at underage level DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The use of video in an amateur sport DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: All the family FAVOURITE MUSIC: The Cranberries FAVOURITE FILM: The Shawshank Redemption IDEAL DATE: Cameron Diaz HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a player who won a few All-Irelands with Kilkenny Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 11th September 1998 Vol 8 No 37 Tweet

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