Brian Hurley
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| Born | 2 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sales rep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * club appearances and scores correct as of 20:55, 28 September 2025. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:25, 1 February 2026. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 28 September 2025
| 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 | 5 | 0-28 | 1 | 0-03 | — | 6 | 0-31 | ||
| 2025-26 | 3 | 0-19 | — | — | 3 | 0-19 | |||
| Career total | 68 | 20-288 | 8 | 1-30 | 1 | 0-07 | 77 | 21-325 | |
Inter-county
- As of 1 February 2026
| 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 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-07 | 3 | 0-10 | 8 | 0-20 | ||
| 2026 | 2 | 0-05 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-05 | ||
| Total | 55 | 9-125 | 22 | 5-46 | 23 | 5-59 | 100 | 19-230 | ||
Honours
- Rossa College
- Castlehaven
- Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 2023
- Cork Premier Senior Football Championship: 2012, 2013, 2023, 2024
- Cork Under-21 A Football Championship: 2010
- West Cork Under-21 A Football Championship: 2010
- Cork
References
- ↑ "Player profile: Brian Hurley". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ "My Club and I: Brian Hurley". GAA website. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ "Hurley sends Cork to top of the class". Irish Independent. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ↑ Leen, Tony (29 October 2012). "Nolan the hero as Castlehaven dig deep for glorious fourth title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ Fogarty, John (14 October 2013). "Hurley's heroics herald defiant Haven response". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tyrone weather Cork comeback to take Minor title". Irish Examiner. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ "Tribesmen take U21 title in thrilling final". Irish Examiner. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ "New names aplenty as Limerick face Cork in Munster SFC". RTÉ Sport. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ "Railway Cup football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ↑ "Castlehaven hitman Brian Hurley gets deserved All-Star nomination". Echo Live. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links
- Brian Hurley profile at the Cork GAA website