He plays hurling with his local club Nenagh Éire Óg and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
Here his hurling skills came to the fore when he won three Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2003, 2004 and 2006 when he was joint captain.
He has enjoyed much success at underage levels, beginning in the mid-1990s when he won a North Tipperary under-14 hurling medal.
in 2013 he was an inspirational character at centre back in which his club reached a first county final in seven years but lost out by the narrowest of margins.
Maloney later joined the Tipperary senior hurling team, making his debut in the Munster Championship against Clare.