Darren Browne (born 10 October 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.[1] He usually lines out as a left wing-back.

Darren Browne
Personal information
Irish name Darrin de Brún
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-back
Born (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27)
Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
2014-present
2015-2017
Kanturk
Duhallow
4 (0-00)
10 (0-00)
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College
Mary Immaculate College
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
2018-present
Cork 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars

0

Dangleberries 4
* club appearances and scores correct as of 15:44, 6 July 2019.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11:19, 15 July 2019.

Playing career edit

Kanturk edit

Browne joined the Kanturk club at a young age and played in all grades of hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult teams as a dual player.[citation needed]

On 7 October 2017, Browne was at centre-back when Kanturk defeated Mallow by 0–17 to 1–12 to win the Premier Intermediate Championship title.[2] Kanturk completed the double on 29 October, with Browne lining out at full-back in the 0–14 to 0–13 defeat of Mitchelstown to win the Intermediate Football Championship.[3] He scored a point from left corner-back when Kanturk defeated Kilmaley by 1–23 to 0–25 to win the Munster Championship.[4] Browne won an All-Ireland Championship medal from centre-back on 4 February 2018, after Kanturk's 1–18 to 1–17 defeat of St Patrick's Ballyragget in the final at Croke Park.[5]

Cork edit

Minor and under-21 edit

Browne first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 9 April 2014. He was at left wing-back for Cork's 5–26 to 0–09 defeat of Kerry in the Munster Championship.[6]

On 17 June 2015, Browne made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 team in a 1–21 to 1–11 defeat by Waterford in the Munster Championship.[7]

Browne was appointed captain of the Cork under-21 hurling team for the 2017 Munster Championship. On 26 July, he captained the team to a 0–16 to 0-11 Munster Championship final defeat by Clare.[8] Browne was later nominated for a position on the Team of the Year.[9]

Senior edit

Browne made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 10 January 2016 when he came on as a substitute in Cork's 1–20 to 0–18 defeat of Kerry in the Munster League.[10] He was later cut from the panel before the National Hurling League.[11]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 19 April 2019.
Team Year Cork PIHC Munster All-Ireland Total
Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Kanturk 2014 4 0-00 4 0-00
2015 5 0-00 5 0-00
2016 3 0-00 3 0-00
2017 5 0-02 3 0-01 3 0-00 11 0-02
Total 17 0-02 3 0-01 3 0-00 23 0-02
Year Cork SHC Munster All-Ireland Total
Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
2018 3 0-00 3 0-00
2019 1 0-00 1 0-00
Total 4 0-00 4 0-00
Career total 21 0-02 3 0-01 3 0-00 27 0-02

Division edit

Team Year Cork SHC
Apps Score
Duhallow 2015 3 0-00
2016 3 0-00
2017 4 0-00
Career total 10 0-00

Inter-county edit

As of match played 14 July 2019.
Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Cork 2018 Division 1A 4 0-01 0 0-00 4 0-01
2019 3 0-00 0 0-00 1 0-00 4 0-00
Career total 7 0-01 0 0-00 1 0-00 8 0-01

Honours edit

Kanturk

References edit

  1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (25 January 2018). "On our radar! 7 young hurlers to watch in 2018". The 42. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (9 October 2017). "Kanturk the kingpins after show of fitness and courage". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Kanturk edge out Mitchelstown in Cork IFC final". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ Brennan, Eoin (19 November 2017). "Cork's Kanturk keep brilliant 2017 winning run going with Munster hurling final success". The 42. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (4 February 2018). "Kanturk's stoppage time point secures victory over Ballyragget in gripping final". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (10 April 2014). "Cork power on but serious tests await". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Munster U21 HC: Ne Deise power past Rebels". Hogan Stand. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  8. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (26 July 2017). "Limerick hold off brave Cork fight-back to lift their second Munster U21 title in three years". The 42. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ^ Hurley, Denis (28 September 2017). "Four Rebels in the mix for U21 hurling team of the year". Evening Echo. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. ^ Moynihan, Michael (3 January 2016). "Familiar faces return to haunt Cork in Clare win". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ O'Toole, Fintan (24 January 2016). "Kingston unveils 30-man Cork hurling squad for league campaign". The 42. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

External links edit