Mark Rodgers
Irish hurling star
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Mark Rodgers (born 2001) plays hurling for his native parish Scariff and at inter-county level with All-Ireland champions Clare.
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| Born | 2001 (age 24–25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Complete forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career and education
Rodgers had his first hurling successes as a student at Scariff Community College. He was part of the college team that beat St Fergal's College to claim the All-Ireland Colleges SCHC title in 2018.[1] Rodgers later had success with University of Limerick, winning back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.[2][3]
At club level, Rodgers first played at juvenile and underage levels with Scariff before eventually joining the club's top adult team. He won a Clare IHC title in 2020 after Scariff beat Tubber in the final.[4]
Rodgers first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling team in 2018.[5] He later spent two seasons with the Clare under-20 hurling team before being drafted onto the Clare senior hurling team in 2021.[6][7] Rodgers won a National Hurling League medal in 2024.[8]
On 21 July 2024, he started in the half-forward line as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title.[9][10][11] Rodgers won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season.[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 May 2025
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Clare | 2021 | Division 1B | 4 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-08 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1-17 | 1 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 5 | 1-21 | ||
| 2023 | Division 1A | 3 | 3-02 | 5 | 3-06 | 2 | 1-21 | 10 | 7-29 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0-21 | 5 | 2-17 | 3 | 1-11 | 13 | 3-49 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 1-16 | 3 | 1-16 | ||||||
| Career total | 14 | 5-46 | 16 | 6-43 | 9 | 2-34 | 39 | 13-123 | ||
Honours
Team
- Scariff
- All-Ireland Colleges Senior C Hurling Championship: 2018
- University of Limerick
- Fitzgibbon Cup: 2022, 2023 (jc)
- Scariff
Scariff/Ogonnoloe
- Clare Minor B Championship 2018
- Clare U21A Hurling Championship 2022
- Clare
Individual
- Awards
- All Star (1): 2024
- GAA-GPA Young Hurler of the Year (1): 2023[13]
- The Sunday Game Team of the Year: 2024