Brian Hurley

Brian Hurley
Personal information
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Full-forward
Born (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32)
Union Hall, County Cork, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Occupation Sales rep
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
2009-present
 Castlehaven 70 (21-285)
Club titles
Cork titles 3
Munster titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
2010-2013
 Institute of Technology, Carlow
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
2012-present
 Cork 40 (10-88)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 19:55, 19 August 2024.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:55, 19 August 2024.

Brian Hurley (born 2 April 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Castlehaven and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

Career

Hurley first played Gaelic football as a six-year-old at juvenile level with the Castlehaven club.[1][2] He progressed through the various juvenile and underage grades, while he also played as a schoolboy with Rossa College in Skibbereen. Hurley's performances at school level resulted in him being selected for the Cork vocational schools' team and he won All-Ireland VS SFC honours in 2010 after a defeat of Monaghan.[3]

Hurley had just turned 17 when he made his senior team debut with Castlehaven in 2009. He has his first major success a year later when Castlehaven beat Ballincollig to win the Cork U21AFC title. Consecutive Cork SFC titles followed for Hurley in 2012 and 2013.[4][5] He claimed a third winners' medal in 2023 before ending the season with a Munster Club SFC title.[6]

At inter-county level, Hurley first played for Cork during a two-year tenure with the minor team. His final game in the grade was an All-Ireland final defeat by Tyrone in 2010.[7] Hurley's three-year tenure with the under-21 team yielded three successive Munster U21FC medals, however, his last game was, once again, an All-Ireland final defeat.[8]

Hurley made his senior team debut in 2013, having joined the extended panel a year earlier.[9] Since then he has been an eight-time Munster SFC runners-up. Hurley was also a member of Munster's Railway Cup panel in 2014, while he has also been an All-Star nominee.[10][11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 August 2024
Team Season Cork Munster All-Ireland Total
Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Castlehaven 2009-10 3 0-02 — — 3 0-02
2010-11 3 0-03 — — 3 0-03
2011-12 5 2-10 — — 5 2-10
2012-13 6 2-13 3 0-06 — 9 2-19
2013-14 6 3-47 1 0-01 — 7 3-48
2014-15 3 3-14 — — 3 3-14
2015-16 5 3-24 — — 5 3-24
2016-17 2 1-10 — — 2 1-10
2017-18 0 0-00 — — 0 0-00
2018-19 6 0-08 — — 6 0-08
2019-20 1 0-04 — — 1 0-04
2020-21 5 0-25 — — 5 0-25
2021-22 5 4-29 — — 2 1-09
2022-23 5 1-33 — — 5 1-33
2023-24 5 1-19 3 1-20 1 0-07 9 2-46
2024-25 2 0-10 — — 2 0-10
Career total 62 20-251 7 1-27 1 0-07 70 21-285

Inter-county

As of match played 23 June 2024
Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Cork 2013 Division 1 0 0-00 3 1-08 2 0-05 5 1-13
2014 8 1-30 2 0-05 2 1-05 12 2-40
2015 9 2-11 3 0-01 1 0-01 13 2-13
2016 7 1-13 1 0-01 0 0-00 8 1-14
2017 Division 2 0 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00
2018 0 0-00 2 0-01 1 0-00 3 0-01
2019 5 2-00 2 3-00 4 2-07 11 7-07
2020 Division 3 0 0-00 2 0-02 — 2 0-02
2021 Division 2 3 1-08 2 1-09 — 5 2-17
2022 6 1-15 1 0-00 3 2-08 10 3-23
2023 5 1-16 0 0-00 4 0-16 9 1-32
2024 7 0-24 2 0-12 3 0-07 12 0-43
Total 50 9-117 20 5-39 20 5-49 90 19-205

Honours

Rossa College
Castlehaven
Cork

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Brian Hurley". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ "My Club and I: Brian Hurley". GAA website. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Hurley sends Cork to top of the class". Irish Independent. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ Leen, Tony (29 October 2012). "Nolan the hero as Castlehaven dig deep for glorious fourth title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ Fogarty, John (14 October 2013). "Hurley's heroics herald defiant Haven response". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (29 October 2023). "Hurley brothers on song as Castlehaven claim first Cork county title in 10 years". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Tyrone weather Cork comeback to take Minor title". Irish Examiner. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Tribesmen take U21 title in thrilling final". Irish Examiner. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  9. ^ "New names aplenty as Limerick face Cork in Munster SFC". RTÉ Sport. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Castlehaven hitman Brian Hurley gets deserved All-Star nomination". Echo Live. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.