John Heslin (born 27 June 1992) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Westmeath county team[1] and Australian rules footballer for the Irish Warriors. Heslin was drafted by Australian Football League club Richmond in 2011, with Pick #90 of the Rookie Draft, but left after just three months, without playing a single game.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó hEislin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born | 27 June 1992 Mullingar, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Occupation | Ruminant Product Manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Loman's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Westmeath titles | 4 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| UCD | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2011– | Westmeath | 35 (4-158) | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 18 June 2023. | |||
Playing career edit
Gaelic football edit
The St Loman's[2] clubman represented University College Dublin in the Sigerson Cup and Westmeath at all levels and starred as Westmeath reached the Leinster Under-21 Football Championship final. He also played in two games of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and went on to become a permanent fixture in the Westmeath team.
He was a playing member of the team when Westmeath won the 2019 National Football League Division 3 league title by a goal against Laois at Croke Park.[3]
In the 2022 Tailteann Cup Final he overtook Dessie Dolan as Westmeath's all-time championship top scorer.[4]
Australian football edit
Heslin represented the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2011 Australian Football International Cup and kicked four goals in the tournament.
Richmond Football Club edit
Heslin joined the Tigers as a rookie in the 2012 Pre-season Draft.[5][6][7][8] After only three months on the Tigers' rookie list, homesickness proved too much for the St Loman's clubman, and he resumed his inter-county career with Westmeath.[9]
Career Statistics edit
As of match played
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Westmeath | 2011 | Division 3 | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-04 | ||||
| 2012 | Division 2 | 1 | 0-05 | 2 | 0-09 | |||||
| 2013 | 7 | 2-32 | 2 | 0-10 | 1 | 1-05 | ||||
| 2014 | Division 1 | 4 | 0-21 | 1 | 0-03 | 1 | 0-04 | |||
| 2015 | Division 2 | 7 | 0-32 | 4 | 1-26 | — | ||||
| 2016 | Division 3 | 7 | 1-31 | 3 | 0-15 | 1 | 0-10 | |||
| 2017 | Division 4 | 8 | 3-60 | 3 | 1-14 | 1 | 0-06 | |||
| 2018 | Division 3 | 6 | 1-36 | 1 | 0-00 | — | ||||
| 2019 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-01 | ||||||
| 2020 | Division 2 | 7 | 1-22 | 1 | 0-03 | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0-13 | — | |||||||
| 2022 | Division 3 | 2 | 1-09 | — | ||||||
| 2023 | 6 | 3-32 | 1 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-16 | ||||
| Career total | 23 | 3-103 | 12 | 1-55 | 35 | 4-158 | ||||
Honours edit
- Westmeath
- Individual
- Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022
References edit
- ^ "John heslin Photos - Sportsfile Pictures - Sports Photography Agency Ireland".
- ^ "Weekend GAA club championship match previews - SportsNewsIreland SportsNewsIreland Live Scores". 2 August 2012.
- ^ Keane, Paul (6 April 2019). "Westmeath claim more silverware with Division 3 success". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Heslin moves to top of Westmeath scoring charts". Hogan Stand. 12 July 2022.
- ^ IC11 Squad - Super Warriors named
- ^ IC11 Preview - Warriors unearth Irish talent Down Under
- ^ Westmeath's Heslin joins AFL exodus Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tigers sign Westmeath rookie Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Irish AFL rookie leaves Tigers Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine