appearance on 18 June, coming on as a substitute for Adrian Tuohey, in Galway's 0-33 to 0-11 Leinster semi-final defeat of Offaly. He later won his first Leinster Championship medal, as a non-playing substitute, when Galway defeated Wexford by 0-29 to 1-17 in the subsequent final. On 3 September 2017, Loftus was an unused substitute when Galway won their first All-Ireland Championship title in 29 years after a 0-26 to 2-17 defeat of Waterford in the final. On 8 July 2018, Loftus came on as a 69th-minute substitute for David Burke to win his second Leinster Championship medal after a 1-28 to 3-15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final. In the subsequent All-Ireland final against Limerick on 19 August, Loftus started the game on the bench but was introduced after 60 minutes as a replacement for Johnny Coen. Galway were beaten by 3-16 to 2-18. Honours Presentation College, Athenry Connacht PPS Senior A Hurling Championship (3): 2014, 2015, 2016 Turloughmore Galway Minor Hurling Championship (2): 2013, 2014 Galway All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2017, 2018 National Hurling League (2): 2017, 2021 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2015 Career statistics References 1997 births Living people Turloughmore hurlers University of Galway hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers Alumni of the University of Galway All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners