T. J. Reid

* club appearances and scores correct as of 14:35, 6 July 2024 Thomas Joseph Reid (born 16 November 1987), known as T. J. Reid, is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.

[8][9] He has been involved in seven All-Ireland Championship-winning teams with Kilkenny while Reid has also claimed multiple Leinster Championship and National League.

[11] As a student at the Waterford Institute of Technology, Reid immediately became involved in hurling and joined the senior team in his second year.

[12] Reid joined the Ballyhale Shamrocks club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels.

On 10 December 2006, Reid was selected at centre-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks reached a fourth successive Kilkenny Under-21 Championship final.

[14] On 26 November 2006, Reid won a Leinster Championship medal after scoring five points from play in Ballyhale's 1–20 to 1–08 defeat of Birr in the final.

[19] Reid was again selected at left wing-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in a second consecutive final on 25 October 2009.

[22] On 23 October 2011, Reid lined out at centre-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in the final for the third time in five years.

[25] He claimed a fourth Leinster Championship medal on 7 December 2014 after again scoring ten points in a 0–21 to 1-14 extra-time defeat of Kilcormac/Killoughey in the final.

[28] On 28 October 2018, Reid top scored with 1-10 and claimed his sixth winners' medal when Ballyhale Shamrocks defeated Bennettsbridge by 2–20 to 2–17 to win the Kilkenny Championship.

[29] He again top scored with nine points when Ballyhale faced Ballyboden St. Enda's in the Leinster final and ended the game with a fifth provincial winners' medal after the 2–21 to 0–11 victory.

[32] On 27 October 2019, Reid lined out at centre-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in the Kilkenny Championship final.

He top scored for the team with six points, with all bar one coming from placed balls, and collected a seventh winners' medal after the 2–21 to 1–15 victory.

Reid top scored for the team with nine points, including eight from placed balls, and collected a sixth winners' medal following the 1–21 to 0–15 victory.

[34] On 18 January 2020, Reid was selected at left wing-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced Borris-Ileigh in the All-Ireland final.

On 27 July 2006, he won a second successive Leinster Championship medal - his first on the field of play - after scoring a point in the 2–18 to 2–10 defeat of Dublin in the final.

[40] On 24 July 2008, Reid won a third Leinster Championship medal in four years after top scoring for Kilkenny with 1–03 in the 2–21 to 2–09 defeat of Offaly in the final.

[44] On 17 February 2008, Reid made his first appearance for the Kilkenny senior team when he lined out at left wing-forward in a 1–21 to 2–10 defeat of Dublin in the National League.

[45] On 6 July 2008, Reid won his first Leinster Championship medal when he was an unused substitute for Kilkenny's 5–21 to 0–17 defeat of Wexford in the final.

Reid was introduced as a substitute for Martin Comerford and claimed his second All-Ireland medal - his first on the field of play - after scoring four points from right win-forward in the 3–30 to 1–13 victory.

[47] Reid won his first National League medal on 3 May 2009 when he scored four points from full-forward in Kilkenny's 2–26 to 4-17 extra-time defeat of Tipperary in the final.

[54] On 3 July 2011, he won a fifth consecutive Leinster Championship medal in spite of being held scoreless in Kilkenny's 4–17 to 1–15 defeat of Dublin in the final.

[61] Reid's injury lay-off saw him miss Kilkenny's second successive National League triumph following a win over Tipperary in the final.

[64] On 6 July 2014, Reid won a sixth Leinster Championship medal after again top scoring with 0–10 in a 0–24 to 1–09 defeat of Dublin in the final.

[68][69] Reid won his seventh Leinster Championship medal on 5 July 2015 after top scoring with 1–09 in Kilkenny's 1–25 to 2–15 defeat of Galway in the final.

[72] Reid won an eighth Leinster Championship medal on 3 July 2016 after scoring 0–10 in Kilkenny's 1–26 to 0–22 defeat of Galway in the final.

[77] Reid was appointed captain of the Kilkenny senior team for the second time in his career at the start of the 2019 season, however, his involvement with Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland Club Championship ruled him out of the National League.

He top scored with 0-11 - including ten frees - but again lost the final to Tipp for the second time as Kilkenny captain following a 3–25 to 0–20 defeat.

He made his first appearance for the team on 4 March 2012 when he lined out at left corner-forward when Leinster faced Connacht in the Railway Cup final.

[84] Reid was a late replacement for Colin Fennelly at full-forward when Leinster faced Munster in the Railway Cup final on 15 December 2016.

Reid made his championship debut as a substitute for Richie Hogan in 2008.
The Kilkenny and Tipperary teams parade before the 2009 All-Ireland final at Croke Park
An off-the-ball clash with Iarla Tannian in the 2012 All-Ireland final replay resulted in a broken kneecap for Reid.
Reid won two Railway Cup medals with Leinster.