Barry Heffernan, a two-time All-Ireland winner for Tipperary, has announced his decision to take an extended break from hurling at the senior inter-county level. He cited personal commitments as the reason for stepping away from the team, despite being a key player for the squad.
Barry Heffernan has confirmed that he is taking an extended break from senior inter-county hurling. The Tipperary double All-Ireland winner, who only played twice this year under Liam Cahill , has decided against making himself available for the 2025 season. Heffernan told the Nenagh Guardian he was “extremely proud and grateful” to be approached to join the Tipperary panel but couldn’t do so due to “personal commitments.
” The 29 year old started Tipperary’s final championship game against Clare, so was very much in Cahill’s plans - having recovered from a ruptured cruciate knee ligament sustained in 2022. The Éire Og Nenagh club man, who made his Tipperary debut back in 2016 and is an All-Ireland minor winner, wished the Tipp players and manager Cahill well in the season ahead. Heffernan (29) was in Kenya in November as part of an program entitled, ‘Warriors for Humanity - Plant the Planet Games,’ organised by the charity Self Help Africa and Alan Kerins. 50 inter-county players raised over €10,000 each to take part in the initiative, in association with the GPA. Heffernan wasn’t named as part of a 45-man Tipperary panel recently released by Cahill and is understood to have stayed on in Africa. His size and physique made him an integral part of the Tipp defence, and allowed him to slot into any one of the six defensive positions with this versatility invaluable when it came to man marking jobs. In an era defined by the sheer size of the Limerick four-in-a-row side, Heffernan is regarded as a major loss to an inexperienced Tipp team. Tipperary have been hit by a number of retirements in the off season with Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher and Dan McCormack deciding to walk away, and Cathal Barrett left out of the squad
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