Career
He plays hurling with his local club De Louisiana Salle and with the Waterford senior inter-county team Club
Phelan has played from a young age with his local club, De Louisiana Salle. While not having much success at first, 2008 turned out to be a fruitful year.
Phelan played a vital role in De Louisiana Salle"s first ever Waterford Senior Hurling Championship beating Abbeyside in the final.
Phelan followed this up with victory in the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship later that year. In the 2008/2009 All-Ireland Club semi-final, De Louisiana Salle were struggling against Ruairí Óg Global Assembly Cache being a point down deep in injury time.
From over 75 meters out, Phelan cut a side-line ball over the bar to force the game into extra time. De Louisiana Salle later progressed to the final.
Inter-county
Phelan has featured on and off for Waterford since 2002.
Phelan was also part of the squad that lost the All-Ireland Hurling Final to Kilkenny in 2008.
