Career
He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and with the Limerick senior inter-county team Club
Tobin plays his club hurling with his local Murroe-Boher club, however, he has yet to taste success at senior level Tobin"s brother Pat also plays on the team
Inter-county
He later collected an All-Ireland medal with the team following a victory over Galway in the championship decider.
He played in the All-Ireland final against Wexford scoring 2 points to capture a second consecutive All-Ireland medal. The following year Tobin added a third Munster medal to his collection.
Once again Limerick went all the way and Tobin captured a third consecutive All-Ireland medal. lieutenant was Limerick’s third such victory in-a-row.
Tobin later joined the county senior team, however, Limerick hurling was in the doldrums at the time.
All this changed in 2007 under the management of Richie Bennis. Limerick began their championship campaign with an epic battle with Tipperary. Although Limerick lost on that occasion the team showed that they were not a pushover.
Limerick later gained their revenge on Waterford by defeating them in the All-Ireland semi-final.
This victory allowed Tobin’s side to play Kilkenny in the championship decider. Unfortunately, Limerick got off to a bad start and conceded two goals in the first ten minutes.