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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{other people||Richard Foley (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Foley}}
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|irish           = Risteard Ó Foghlú
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|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1987|7|22|df=yes}}
|birth_place     = [[Waterford]], [[Ireland]]
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|sport           = Hurling
|code            = Hurling
|county          = Waterford
|province        = Munster
|club            = [[Abbeyside–Ballinacourty GAA|Abbeyside–Ballinacourty]]
|clyears         = 2004–
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|colleges        = [[UCC GAA|UCC]]
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'''Richard 'Richie' Foley''' (born 22 July 1987) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] sportsperson. He plays [[hurling]] with his local club [[Abbeyside–Ballinacourty GAA|Abbeyside]] and with the [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] senior inter-county team. Foley usually plays at either midfield or in the half-back line.

==Career==
;Club
Foley has played at all underage levels for his club and has the notable achievement of winning county championships at every single underage grade.  He currently plays at midfield for [[Abbeyside–Ballinacourty GAA|Abbeyside]]. In 2008, Abbeyside reached the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship Final. However, Abbeyside and Foley went on to lose the final to [[De La Salle GAA|De La Salle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/de-la-salle-do-it-at-last|title=De La Salle do it at last|newspaper=[[The Munster Express]]|date=14 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028221522/http://www.munster-express.ie/sports/gaa-hurling/de-la-salle-do-it-at-last/|archivedate=28 October 2011}}</ref> Foley also plays for the Ballinacourty football club. In 2009 they lost to The Nire in the semi-final and 2010 to Stradbally in the final.

;College
Foley currently plays with [[University College Cork]] in the [[Fitzgibbon Cup]].  Foley was part of the team that beat former champions [[Waterford Institute of Technology]] to reach the 2009 final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/beckett-strikes-to-seal-dramatic-ucc-victory-1664534.html|title = Beckett strikes to seal dramatic UCC victory}}</ref>  Late that weekend, Foley lined out at wing back as part of the UCC team to win the Fitzgibbon Cup against [[University of Limerick]].  Foley had an impressive game, capped by scoring a point from over 80 meters.

;Inter-county
Foley has been a member of the [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] panel since 2007. Although not featured in any matches during 2007, Foley won both the [[National Hurling League]] and the [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]] in that year. Foley was part of the Waterford squad which lost the 2008 All-Ireland Hurling Final to [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0907/kilkenny_waterford.html?gaa |title=RTÉ Sport GAA Championship: Kilkenny 3–30 Waterford 1–13 |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |accessdate=2008-09-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909192201/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0907/kilkenny_waterford.html?gaa |archivedate= 9 September 2008 }}</ref>

==Championship Appearances==
{|border=1 cellpadding=3 style="margin-left:1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse;"
|-align="center" bgcolor="BFD7FF" 
! width=30 style="text-align: center;" |#
! Date 
! Venue 
! Opponent 
! Score 
! Result 
! Competition
! Match report
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''1''' 
| 1 June 2008 
| [[Gaelic Grounds]], [[Limerick]] 
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 0–23 : 2–26 
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007|Munster Quarter-Final]]
| [https://archive.today/20120829024625/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2008/06/02/story64083.asp Irish Examiner]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''2''' 
| 5 July 2008 
| [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]] 
| [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 6–18 : 0–15 
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006|2nd round Qualifier]]
| [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/onfire-mcgrath-lights-touchpaper-of-fitz-era-1428458.html Irish Independent]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''3''' 
| 14 June 2009 
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 0–11 : 1-08
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009|Munster Semi-Final]]
| [http://www.claregaa.ie/2009/06/limerick-1-8-waterford-0-11-match-report/ Irish Independent]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''4''' 
| 20 June 2009 
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 0–25 : 0–17
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2009|Munster Semi-final Replay]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090622124541/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0620/waterford_limerick.html RTE Sport]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''5''' 
| 12 July 2009 
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–1
| 2–16 : 4–14
| [[2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final|Munster Final]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090815045815/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/0712/tipperary_waterford.html RTE Sport]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''6''' 
| 7 June 2010
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Clare GAA|Clare]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 0–22 : 1–15
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010|Munster Semi-final]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100608193838/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0607/clare_waterford_report.html RTE Sport]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''7''' 
| 11 July 2010
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–0
| 2–15 : 2–15
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010|Munster Final]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100714054804/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0711/cork_waterford.html RTE Sport]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''8''' 
| 17 July 2010
| [[Semple Stadium]], [[Thurles]] 
| [[Cork GAA|Cork]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–1
| 1–16 : 1–13
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010|Munster Final Replay]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100719164309/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0717/cork_waterford.html RTE Sport]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="BFD7FF"| '''9''' 
| 15 August 2010
| [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]] 
| [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] 
| style="text-align: center;"| 0–1
| 1–18 : 3–19
| [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2010|All-Ireland Semi-final]]
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20100816025917/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0815/tipperary_waterford.html RTE Sport]
|}

==References==
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{{Waterford NHL Team 2007}}
{{Waterford Hurling Team 2007}}
{{Waterford Hurling Team 2008}}
{{Waterford Hurling Team 2010}}

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