Career
He enjoyed little success in the senior grade and was an unused substitute in Limerick's All-Ireland final defeat in 2007. At club level O'Rourke is a one-time county club championship medalist with. Club O'Rourke plays his club hurling with and has enjoyed much success.
In 2006 he lined out in his first hurling championship decider. Patrickswell were the opponents, however, a narrow 1-16 to 1-15 victory gave O'Rourke a coveted championship medal. Inter-county O'Rourke made his senior debut for Limerick in a National League game against Antrim in 2007.
He played a number of games during that campaign and was subsequently included on Limerick's championship panel. After a number of seasons in which he failed to make an impact on the Limerick team, O'Rourke was recalled to the panel in 2010 as the majority of Limerick's regular players refused to play. He made his championship debut that year in a Munster semi-final defeat by Cork.
In 2011 O'Rourke was dropped from the Limerick panel as new manager John Allen took charge at the end of the year.
