Wexford's Donal Berry NAME: Donal Berry DATE OF BIRTH: 8-7-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 13st CLUB: St Annes, Rathangan COUNTY: Wexford NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Walsh Cup medal 1998; 2 Leinster Under 21 hurling medals; picked for Ireland Under 21 Hurling Shinty International; 3 county underage titles for club in hurling NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Under 14 Leinster rugby runners up medal INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: v Cork, Oireachtas Cup November 1997 in Belfield, Enniscorthy TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Owen O'Neill (hurling Limerick; Richie Purcell (football) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Wexford Park, Dr. Cullen Park HOBBIES: Gaelic games, golf, cars FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Martin Storey, Liam Dunne (hurling); Keith Barr, Scott Doran (football) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father and my two brothers THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning 1997 Leinster Under 21 Final BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Failing to win an adult championship with my club OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Rory Stafford WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: At the moment, hurling cannot be improved DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The suspensions system has to be updated. Suspensions should be per match and not on a time limit. A player who is sent off in a county match shouldn't be suspended for his club. If you're sent off in hurling, you shouldn't be suspended for football and vice versa DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My father Jim is Chairman of the Leinster Council and my two brothers Seamus and Diarmuid, played football with Wexford, and also hurl with the club PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: My future wife! FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Stay frosty' PET HATES: Smoking and the bus journey to and from Dublin every weekend with the traffic FAVOURITE MUSIC: Dance music FAVOURITE FILM: Trainspotting IDEAL DATE: Kate Moss HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Daily and favourably! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 3rd April 1998 Vol 8 No 14 Tweet

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