Paul Roche (born 1 February 1982 in

Oulart Oulart (, formerly ''Ubhallghort'' - ''"the orchard"''), is a small village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford just off the R741 regional road halfway between the towns of Gorey to the north and Wexford t ...

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

with his club Oulart–The Ballagh and was a member of the

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

senior inter-county team from 2005 to 2013. Roche was known as one of the best full-backs for Wexford.

Playing career

Club

Roche plays his club

with the best-known Oulart–The Ballagh club in Wexford and has overall been a success. He joined in early 2003 while still playing the Under-21 squad and still is currently playing with no awards.

Inter-county

Roche first made his senior debut against Kilkenny in the 2005 Leinster final. That year it wasn't the greatest success for

as they were narrowly defeated by

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. It was Roche's first ever appearance in a Leinster before getting trounced by

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in the All Ireland Quarter Final.

References

1982 births Living people Oulart-the-Ballagh hurlers Wexford inter-county hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Wexford-hurling-bio-stub