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Patrick Curran voted GAA.ie Hurler of the Week

Patrick Curran

Patrick Curran

Patrick Curran's brilliant performance in last Saturday's Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U-21 Final has earned him the GAA.ie Hurler of the Week award.

Curran scored 1-9 in the victory over Galway and received 48 per cent of the public vote on social media.

His Waterford team-mate Stephen Bennett was second with 38 per cent while Brian Molloy polled 18 per cent of the vote.

GAA.ie Hurler of the Week

1: Patrick Curran - 1397 (48 per cent)

2: Stephen Bennett - 1098 (38 per cent)

3: Brian Molloy - 412 (14 per cent)


Patrick Curran reminded us just how classy an operator he is in Saturday's Bord Gáis All-Ireland U-21 Final as he top-scored with 1-9, 1-6 of which came from play.

He cleverly improvised for his goal as he batted the ball past Galway goalkeeper Cathal Tuohy so he wouldn't be hooked by a Galway defender.

He scored an array of spectacular points, but the greatest moment of skill he produced was the delicious reverse hand-pass that set up Stephen Bennett's first goal.

Stephen Bennett is that rarest of things - a natural goal-scorer. He showcased that talent again on Saturday by smashing two goals to the back of the net.

The second one will surely make any short-list for goal of the year. When he rose high to catch an Austin Gleeson sideline it didn't look like a goal-chance was on, but in one fluid movement he swiveled and fired the ball to the roof of the net from an impossible angle.

He also produced a moment of magic in the second-half when he set up his brother Shane's goal with a brilliant pass across the face of the Galway goalmouth.

Galway captain Brian Molloy was marked by the brilliant Austin Gleeson in Saturday's Bord Gáis All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Final, but it says a lot about him that he came out on top in their individual duel even though Galway were well beaten.

He was the one Galway player who really carried the fight to Waterford in the first half especailly as Gleeson found it hard to track his clever running.

The Galway centre-forward score three classy points from play and is surely a senior star in the making on the basis of this performance.


Players of the Week are decided based on votes cast by followers of @officialgaa on Twitter, on the Official GAA Facebook Page and on the Official GAA Instagram page.