Long serving Waterford midfielder Michael Curry will make his 100th senior appearance in this evening's Tailteann Cup game against Kildare at Fraher Field.
The Rathgormack man made his championship debut in 2014 against Clare. “Michael has an unbelievable engine," says Waterford goalkeeper Paudie Hunt. "He’d stay running up and down that field all day. Tackling, hitting, the dirty work. He doesn’t get the scores as much as he’d like to but he’ll run all day. He’s always there. He is Mr Reliable.”
He has worked under six different Déise managers (Niall Carew, Tom McGlinchey, Benji Whelan, Shane Ronayne, Ephie Fitzgerald and Paul Shankey). Shankey says that he is a dream to deal with. “If we had fifteen Mike Currys, we’d be doing well! No drama, just a brilliant lad.”
Curry won a McGrath Cup medal in 2015. He has faced 20 different inter county teams to date. “Brilliant to play with and a nightmare to play against," says county team mate Dermot Ryan. "In fairness to the man, he doesn’t stop. He has an engine that just keeps going and going.”
