J. J. Delaney

J. J. Delaney, formally James John Delaney, is an Irish hurler, born in March 1982, who played as a left wing-back and full-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. Born in Waterford, he is a native of Johnstown in County Kilkenny and first played competitive hurling at Coláiste Mhuire. He arrived on the inter-county scene at seventeen with the Kilkenny minor team, later joined the under-21 side and made his senior debut during the 2001 championship. He became a regular member of the starting fifteen at once and won nine All-Ireland medals, eleven Leinster medals and eight National League medals on the field of play, and was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. He won the Fitzgibbon Cup with the Waterford Institute of Technology in 2003 and 2004.