Westmeath's Christo Murtagh NAME: Christo Murtagh DATE OF BIRTH: 18-1-75 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 14st CLUB: Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club COUNTY: Westmeath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): County - winning Under 16 All-Ireland 1991; captained Westmeath Minor (special) Leinster Championship 1993; captained Westmeath Under 21 winners (special) Championship Leinster 1995. Club - Feile '89; Under 14 HC '89; Under 16 HC '91; Minor HC '92, '93; Under 21 HC '94, '95, all victories and captained all but '92 Minor and '94 Under 21 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: NHL against Dublin 1993 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Martin Storey, Wexford FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Cusack Park, Mullingar HOBBIES: TV, soccer, very little time for hobbies FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half back FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Peter Finnerty, Tony Keady, Brian Whelehan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing against Kilkenny NHL '93/'94 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing so heavily to Wexford in Leinster Championship 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Gary Briody, Lough Lene Gaels; Darren McCormack, Castlepollard WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Two referees DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Winter hurling, bad refereeing and dangerous play with intent to injure PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Eric Cantona FAVOURITE FILM: Dying Young Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 15th June 1996 Vol 6 No 24 Tweet

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