 Stapleton plays his club hurling with the Borris-Ileigh club and has enjoyed some success.After enjoying little success at underage levels, he graduated onto the senior team where he won North Tipperary county titles in 2005, 2007 and 2017.On 24/09/2017, Stapleton guided his club to their first Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship decider since 1988 having defeated Drom-Inch in the semi final.