Tony Scroope (born 1984) is an Irish former hurler who played for Tipperary Championship club Burgess and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lined out in the full-forward line.
Career
Scroope first came to hurling prominence as a schoolboy with Nenagh CBS in the Harty Cup before later lining out with NUI Galway in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[1][2] He simultaneously progressed through the various grades at club level and was a member of the Burgess team that won the Tipperary IHC title in 2005. Scroope first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Tipperary minor hurling team that lost the 2002 All-Ireland minor final to Kilkenny.[3] He progressed onto the under-21 grade where he once again lost out to Kilkenny in the 2004 All-Ireland under-21 final.[4] After one year with the intermediate team, Scroope was drafted onto the Tipperary senior hurling team in 2004.[5] He remained on and off the team over the following five seasons and won a Munster Championship medal as a member of the extended panel in 2009.
Honours
- Burgess
- Tipperary
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 2009
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2003, 2004
- Munster Minor Hurling Championship: 2002
References
- ^ "Nenagh C.B.S." Irish Independent. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "The Tipp Scene". Hogan Stand. 28 January 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Harrington, John (9 September 2002). "Major performance by Kilkenny minors". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Keys, Colm (20 September 2004). "Young Cats attain perfection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Some new faces on Tipp panel". Irish Independent. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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