Michael Jacob

Michael Jacob is an Irish hurler, born on 2 August 1980 in Oulart, County Wexford, who plays in the centre-forward position on the Wexford senior hurling team. He was born into a family with a strong association with Gaelic games, as his father, Mick Jacob, won both Leinster and All-Ireland medals with Wexford. He attended Enniscorthy CBS, where he won an All-Ireland B Colleges medal, and studied at the Waterford Institute of Technology, where he won two Fitzgibbon Cup medals. With Oulart-The Ballagh, alongside his brother Rory, he won the senior county title in 2004 and 2005, and he is best known for a goal in Croke Park in 2004 that gave Wexford victory in the Leinster semi-final. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling in 2012.