Tipperary's Fergal Heney NAME: Fergal Heney DATE OF BIRTH: 16-6-78 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 13st CLUB: Kickhams COUNTY: Tipperary NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Minor All-Ireland 1996; National League 1999; South East League 1999; various club honours TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Niall Gilligan FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium or Pairc Ui Chaoimh HOBBIES: Hurling and rallying FAVOURITE POSITION: Full back or centre back MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Changing a ripped pair of shorts in the minor All-Ireland FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Tommy Dunne, Davy Clarke, DJ Carey, Bobby Ryan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Family, club THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Senior championship debut BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Under 21 campaign 1998 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Henry Shefflin, Mark O'Leary, Paul Ormund WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Video evidence before a ref makes a decision. Extra time on the day of a draw. No cards DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Anti professionalism. They don't appreciate the time and effort put in by players and management RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Family all play. My father is club chairman. Great grandfather played in goal for Tipp PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Liam McCarthy! FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Rodney you plonker' PET HATES: Collars up, white socks with black shoes, Ford Orions FAVOURITE MUSIC: Any chart music FAVOURITE FILM: There's Something About Mary WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Buy a Mitsubishi Lancer WRC and a serious holiday PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Prince Naseem IDEAL DATE: Anna Kournikova HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: For scoring the winning goal in an All-Ireland Final replay, or winning the World Rally Championship Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th November 1999 Vol 9 No 45 Tweet

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