Rory Stapleton

Irish Gaelic footballer

Rory Stapleton
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left corner back
Born	Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
? -?	Annanough
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
?- ?	Laois

Rory Stapleton is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois.^[1]^[2]

He usually plays at left corner back for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997.^[3]

In 2006, Stapleton was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster U21 Football Championship.^[4] In 2011, he left his local team Annanough to join Dublin outfit St Vincents.^{[citation needed]}

His first senior championship appearance for Laois came as substitute in 2008 and he started his first senior championship game against Louth at Parnell Park in the June 2009 quarter-final.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Laois give starts to two debutants". RTÉ Sport. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
^ "In Brief: Rooney new Laois football captain". Independent. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
^ Cahill, Jackie (13 October 2003). "GAA: HI HOLD SILVER FOR ROGERS; Dublin 1-09 Laois 2-10 Proud moment for skipper as Micko's young stars shoot Dublin's double dream to pieces". Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2003.
^ "Laois defender to miss rest of the season". Examiner. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2007.