Derek Hardiman (born 1981) is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the right wing-back position on the

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senior

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team. Derek Hardiman hails from the Mullagh

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club in

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. He has been playing senior

with

for several years now and has won a

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title with the side in 2004. Hardiman played in the 2005

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against

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, but only ended up with a runners-up medal. He was named on the

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team in the same year.

References

1981 births Living people Galway inter-county hurlers Mullagh hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Galway-hurling-bio-stub