Irish name Stíofán Ó Brian Position Centre-forward Years Club All irelands 1 | Sport Gaelic football Occupation Student Tipperary titles 0 All stars 0 | |
Born 22 December 1994 (age 22)
Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland ( 1994-12-22 ) | ||
Steven O'Brien (born 22 December 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who currently plays as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Born in Ballina, County Tipperary, O'Brien first excelled at Gaelic games during his schooling at Nenagh CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior football debut during the 2013 championship. O'Brien immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level O'Brien is a one-time championship medallist in the intermediate grade as a hurler with Ballina.
O'Brien made his debut for the Tipperary hurlers in the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup final victory against Clare and was a member of the Tipperary hurling panel in 2016 which went on to win the All-Ireland title. He made his league debut for Tipperary against Dublin on 11 February in the 2017 National Hurling League.