GOALKEEPER NICKIE QUAID has been confirmed as Limerick’s new senior hurling team captain for the 2016 campaign.
The Effin clubman replaces Donal O’Grady in the role as manager TJ Ryan plumps for a new team leader.
Limerick’s new vice-captain is Seamus Hickey, who was recently confirmed as chairman of the Gaelic Players Association.
Hickey has taken over this role from Paudie O’Brien, who was Limerick’s vice-captain in 2015.
The news was confirmed this morning via a Limerick GAA statement:
Quaid, son of the late Tommy and cousin of Kildare boss Joe, made his senior championship debut outfield in 2010 under Justin McCarthy but has made the goalkeeping position his own in recent seasons.
The 26-year-old netminder saw a run of successive games ended during the summer when he was ruled out of the Munster SHC quarter-final against Clare with a collarbone injury.
Quaid also sat out the Munster SHC semi-final defeat against Tipperary but made his return in the qualifiers against Westmeath.
