Aaron Dunphy

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|birth_place = Borris-in-Ossory,
County Laois, Ireland

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Aaron Dunphy (born 1998) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton and at inter-county level with the Laois senior hurling team.{{cite web|url=https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/01/01/2018-remembered-25-hurlers-who-could-boost-the-laois-senior-hurling-panel/|title=2018 Remembered: 25 hurlers who could boost the Laois senior hurling panel|date=1 January 2019|publisher=Laois Today|accessdate=8 July 2019|first=|last=}}

Career

Dunphy first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Mountrath Community School. He won a Rest of Leinster PPS SBHC title in 2015, before losing the subsequent All-Ireland final to Cross & Passion College from Ballycastle.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/gorey-boys-go-down-fighting/31036237.html|title=Gorey boys go down fighting|date=3 March 2015|publisher=Wexford People|accessdate=8 July 2019|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/mcgrath-passion-play-cuts-down-mountrath/31120400.html|title=McGrath Passion play cuts down Mountrath|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=6 April 2015|first=|last=}} Dunphy has also lined out for SETU Carlow in the Fitzgibbon Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41327044.html|title=Fitzgibbon Cup: Fitzgeralds fire SETU Waterford into semis|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=7 February 2024|first=|last=}}

After progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks at club level, Dunphy eventually joined the Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton senior team. He won a Laois SHC title in 2016 after Borris beat Rathdowney–Errill in a final replay.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/borris-kilcotton-make-history/35155282.html|title=Borris-Kilcotton make history|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=24 October 2016|first=|last=}}

Dunphy first appeared on the inter-county scene with Laois during an unsuccessful two-year tenure with the minor team.{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/county/kilkenny/article/index/239465|title=Team news: Laois minor 15 to face Cats|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=19 June 2015|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2016/05/06/minor-hurlers-are-put-to-the-sword/|title=Minor hurlers are put to the sword|publisher=Carlow Nationalist|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=6 May 2016|first=|last=}} He progressed to the under-21 team in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/271045|title=Leinster U21HC: Lake men power past Laois in thriller|publisher=Hogan Stand|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=31 May 2017|first=|last=}} Dunphy also made his senior team debut that season when he came on as substitute in a National Hurling League defeat of Offaly.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/laois-turn-the-screw-to-finish-off-struggling-neighbours/35462777.html|title=Laois turn the screw to finish off struggling neighbours|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=19 February 2017|first=|last=}} He secured his first silverware in 2019 when Laois won the Joe McDonagh Cup title after a defeat of Westmeath in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/joe-mcdonagh-cup-laois-westmeath-4703971-Jun2019/|title=Laois produce stunning second half display to capture Joe McDonagh Cup|date=30 June 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=2 July 2019|first=Brendan|last=Graham}} He captained Laois to the National Hurling League Division 2A in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/0331/1440950-laoiss-weekend-gets-better-after-hurlers-success/|title=Laois's weekend gets better after hurlers' success|publisher=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=16 June 2024|date=31 March 2024|first=|last=}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="3"\|National League !colspan="2"\|McDonagh Cup !colspan="2"\|Leinster !colspan="2"\|All-Ireland !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
rowspan="8"\|Laois \|2017 \|rowspan="7"\|Division 1B \|5	0-04	colspan=2\|—	4	0-07	2	0-00	11	0-11
2018 \|0	0-00	0	0-00	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	0	0-00
2019 \|6	0-08	5	2-09	colspan=2\|—	2	1-04	13	3-21
2020 \|4	0-04	colspan=2\|—	1	0-02	2	1-01	7	1-07
2021 \|6	0-03	colspan=2\|—	1	0-00	2	0-01	9	0-04
2022 \|0	0-00	colspan=2\|—	0	0-00	colspan=2\|—	0	0-00
2023 \|6	1-09	2	0-06	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	8	1-15
2024 \|rowspan="1"\|Division 2A \|6	1-30	5	0-37	colspan=2\|—	1	0-14	12	1-81
colspan="3"\|Total !33	2-58	12	2-52	6	0-09	9	2-20	60	6-139

Honours

;Mountrath Community School

Rest of Leinster PPS Senior B Hurling Championship: 2015

;Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton

Laois Senior Hurling Championship: 2016

;Laois

References

External links

[http://www.laoisgaa.ie/playerProfile/8279/aaron_dunphy Aaron Dunphy profile] at the Laois GAA website

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