Danny Chaplin in Profile
Thursday, 31st March 2005

Name: Danny Chaplin
 
Year Born: 1964

Height: 6'0

Weight : 11st in 1981 when I started to 17.5 st in 2001 when I finished.

Occupation:Molex Shannon Employee

Intercounty Experience:Minor;
Under 21; Junior;
Senior

Did you Captain any winning teams:No

How many years did you play Senior for SMB & diff positions you played in at Senior?20yrs and played in every position except goals,Fitzy was too good for me.

Have you been/Are you involved in team management?From 2001 to 2004 with the Bridge and this year with Broadford.

Honours: 1 All-Ireland club, 1 All-Ireland Junior,3 Munster Club,1 Munster Junior,1 Munster Minor;
7 County Senior,2 Clare Cups,1 U21,1 Minor,1 Junior A, 1 U-14,1 Munster and All -Ireland junior inter-firm.

Favourite Ground: Semple Stadium.

Favourite Position: Centre Forward.

Least Favourite Position: Corner back,still have nightmares of a Clare cup final against Feakle.

Greatest Hurling Achievement: Winning All Ireland Club in 1996.

Most Memorable Sporting moment outside GAA:Stephen Roche winning Tour De France and Italia 90.

Have you been/Are you involved in team management: Was with bridge seniors in 2003.Also selector with U-15 & U-21 in the past.

Pet Hates: Ghouling at training and fellows that do not give 100% commitment during matches.

Worst player you know to train: Tie between Robert Conlon and Pat Hayes.

Toughest Opponent:Dermot Mc Mahon (Feakle).

Favourite Food: Steak (What else!!).

Favourite Film: The Shawshank Redemption.

Favourite TV Programme:Men behaving Badly.

Favourite Music: U2.

Influences on Your Career: Father and Uncle Pat and Paddy Duggan and John Hanly.

Hobbies: Playing Cards and Social outings!

Dream date excluding Wife/Girlfriend?: Jessica Simpson.

Favourite holiday destination: Anywhere with panel of '95.

Tip for this years All Ireland Hurling championship: Cork.

Advice for young players: Always take advice given by selectors and older players and practice at least once a day outside of training.

If you could buy one hurler on the xfer market to play for Clare, who would it be?: Henry Shefflin.

Ambitions yet to be fulfilled in life: Manage a team to win a championship and see sons play and win with Clare.

If you became Taoiseach or minister for sport what would he do first:Increase funding to sport and make sure that players got properly compensated for training and commitment.(Government funded.) 

Opinion on rule 42 use of croke park for other codes: Croke Park to be made available only while Landsdowne Road is being redeveloped.Why shouldn't the GAA cash in on.