Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Robbie Costigan | |
Irish: | Roibeárd Ó Costagáin |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Left wing-back |
Icyears: | 2002-2013 |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 17:34, 3 August 2015 |
Birth Place: | Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Robert "Robbie" Costigan (born 1982) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]
Born in Cahir, County Tipperary, Costigan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Tipperary under-21 team. He joined the senior panel during the 2002 championship. Costigan became a regular member of the starting fifteen of both teams and won one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Costigan won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a one-time championship medallist with Cahir.[2]
Costigan retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2013 championship.