He was part of the club's under-14 team that beat Piltown to win the Féile na nGael competition in 1986.
[2] He later won Clare MAHC and U21AHC titles before progressing to the club's senior team.
[5][6] O'Rourke won a second Clare SHC medal as an unused substitute when Wolfe Tones beat Newmarket-on-Fergus by 2–11 to 0–13 in 2006.
[7] At inter-county level, O'Rourke first appeared for Clare as a member of the minor team.
He won an Oireachtas Cup title in 1996 before claiming a Munster SHC medal as a non-playing substitute in 1997.