 He won his first Railway Cup medal as a non-playing sub in 1942, however, he would be a member of the starting fifteen as the province went on to dominate the rest of the decade.Defeats of Leinster (1943), Connacht (1944) and Ulster (1945, 1946) gave Young four successive Railway Cup medals on the field of play.In retirement from hurling Young maintained a keen interested in the game and in other sports.