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Daithí Sands

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Daithí Sands
Personal information
Irish name Daithí Ó Seachnasaigh
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born 1998
Portaferry,
County Down, Northern Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Portaferry
Club titles
Down titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
Ulster University
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2018-present
Down
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Daithí Sands (born 1998) is a Northern Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Portaferry and at inter-county level with the Down senior hurling team.

Career

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McCrickard first played hurling as a student at St Patrick's Grammar School in Downpatrick.[1] He also played hurling during his time at the University of Ulster and lined out in the Ryan Cup and Conor McGurk Cup competitions.[2]

At club level, Sands first played for Portaferry in the various juvenile and underage grades, before later joining the club's adult team. He won a Down SHC medal after beating Ballycran in the 2020 final replay.[3]

Sands first lined out at inter-county level with Down during a two-year stint with the minor team in 2015 and 2016. He later lined out with the under-21 team before making his Down senior hurling team debut in 2018. Sands was a back-to-back Christy Ring Cup runner-up in 2019 and 2020, however, in spite of those defeats he won a National Hurling League Division 2B medal in 2020.[4][5][6] He was also named on the GAA/GPA Champion 15 in 2019.[7] Sands claimed a second personal accolade in 2022 when he was selected on the Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year.[8]

Career statistics

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As of match played 25 May 2024.
Team Year National League Ring Cup McDonagh Cup Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Down 2018 Division 2B 4 1-06 3 6-05 7 7-11
2019 3 3-08 5 7-08 8 10-16
2020 1 0-03 3 1-02 4 1-05
2021 Division 2A 5 1-06 2 1-04 7 2-10
2022 6 1-03 5 4-08 11 5-11
2023 2 0-04 5 0-03 7 0-07
2024 6 6-09 5 5-08 11 11-17
Total 27 12-39 11 14-15 17 10-23 55 36-77

Honours

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Team

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Portaferry
Down

Individual

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Awards

References

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  1. ^ "College Hurlers make History". Newry.ie. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Gaelic Games: Ulster University defeat young Saffrons in Conor McGurk Cup". Belfast Media. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Down SHC final replay: Sands seals the deal". Hogan Stand. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Herity guides Kildare to Christy Ring Cup triumph over Down in Croke Park decider". The42.ie. 22 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Meath storm past Down to win Christy Ring Cup". Irish Examiner. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Down claim Division 2B title as Derry suffer another final defeat". Irish Examiner. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Ring, Rackard, Meagher Champion 15 announced". GAA website. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year announced". GAA website. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2024.