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. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
Playing career Kanturk
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.
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. 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. He scored a point from left corner-back when Kanturk defeated Kilmaley by 1–23 to 0–25 to win the Munster Championship. 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.
Cork Minor and under-21
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.
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.
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. Browne was later nominated for a position on the Team of the Year.
Senior
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. He was later cut from the panel before the National Hurling League.
Career statistics Club
TeamYearCork PIHCMunsterAll-IrelandTotalAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreKanturk201440-00——40-00201550-00——50-00201630-00——30-00201750-0230-0130-00110-02Total170-0230-0130-00230-02YearCork SHCMunsterAll-IrelandTotalAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore201830-00——30-00201910-00——10-00Total40-00——40-00Career total210-0230-0130-00270-02
Division
TeamYearCork SHCAppsScoreDuhallow201530-00201630-00201740-00Career total100-00
Inter-county
TeamYearNational LeagueMunsterAll-IrelandTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreCork2018Division 1A40-0100-00—40-01201930-0000-0010-0040-00Career total70-0100-0010-0080-01
Honours
Kanturk Cork Senior A Hurling Championship (1): 2021 (c) All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2018 Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2017 Cork Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2017
References
External links Darren Browne profile at the Cork GAA website