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| Born | 1999 (age 26–27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Accountant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 7 in (140 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Turnbull (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Douglas and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
Turnbull first came to prominence as a hurler with St. Francis College in Rochestown. He played in every grade of hurling before eventually joining the college's senior hurling team. On 21 December 2015,Turnbull scored 3-04 for St. Francis College when they defeated Scoil Mhuire gan Smál from Blarney to win the Dr. O'Callaghan Cup. [1]
Turnbull joined the Douglas club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 21 September 2015,he scored three points from right corner-forward when Douglas defeated Sarsfields by 3-12 to 0-13 to win the Premier 1 MHC title. [2]
Turnbull subsequently joined the Douglas under-21 team. On 13 November 2016,he won a Cork Premier Under-21 Championship title after a defeat of reigning-champions Blackrock. [3]
Turnbull made his first senior championship appearance on 7 May 2017 when he came on as a substitute in a 0-22 to 0-20 defeat by Cork Institute of Technology.
On 10 September 2017,Turnbull ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a training session with the Douglas under-21 football team. [4] He later said:"I was coming onto a ball and while I was turning,another player came into the back of me. The knee was driven inwards,I heard the pop. I went down and I wasn’t able to walk then. I went about getting the scan done as quick as possible. If anybody told me it was going to be the cruciate,I refused to listen. I probably should have because it made the hearing very hard to take. I was very upset for the next couple of weeks after it but I have to start moving on." [5] Turnbull underwent surgery at the Santry Sports Clinic on 31 October.
Turnbull first lined out for Cork as a member of the minor team during the 2016 Munster Championship. He was an unused substitute when Cork exited the championship after a 0-23 to 1-12 defeat by Tipperary at the semi-final stage. [6]
Turnbull was eligible for the minor grade again the following year and made his first appearance on 3 May 2017. He scored ten points,including three frees,in Cork's 1-24 to 0-08 defeat if Waterford. [7] On 9 July,Turnbull scored four points when Cork defeated Clare by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the Munster Championship for the first time since 2008. [8] On 3 September,he was at left corner-forward when Cork faced Galway in the All-Ireland final. Turnbull finished the game as top scorer with 1-07,however,Cork were defeated by 2-17 to 2-15. [9] He finished the championship as top scorer while he was later included at left corner-forward on the inaugural GAA Minor Star Awards Hurling Team of the Year as well as being named GAA Minor Star Hurler of the Year. [10]
On 26 August 2018,Turnbull was named on the Cork under-21 team as a substitute for the All-Ireland final against Tipperary. He was introduced as a 38th-minute substitute for Liam Healy in the 3-13 to 1-16 defeat. [11]
On 3 July 2019,Turnbull made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team. He scored four points from right corner-forward in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick. [12] On 23 July 2019,Turnbull scored two points from play when Cork suffered a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final. [13] He was selected at right corner-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the All-Ireland final on 24 August 2019. Turnbull top scored for Cork with 0-08,including seven frees,but ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat. [14]
Turnbull was added to the Cork senior hurling team for their National Hurling League game against Limerick on 24 February 2019. [15] He remained on the bench throughout and was not included on any of Cork's subsequent league or championship match-day panels.
On 20 December 2019,Turnbull made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left corner-forward for Cork's Munster League game against Kerry. He scored two points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory. [16] Turnbull subsequently made his National League debut on 16 February 2020 when he was introduced as a 60th-minute substitute for Jack O'Connor in a 3-12 to 1-14 defeat of Westmeath. [17] He was later included on Cork's Munster Championship panel and made his debut as a 72nd-minute substitute for Séamus Harnedy in a 1-28 to 1-24 defeat by Waterford. [18]
| Team | Year | Cork SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Douglas | 2017 | 2 | 0-04 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0-02 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0-04 | |
| Total | 5 | 0-10 | |
| Year | Cork PSHC | ||
| Apps | Score | ||
| 2020 | 3 | 0-10 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1-06 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0-02 | |
| Total | 10 | 1-18 | |
| Career total | 15 | 1-28 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork Minor | 2016 | — | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | |||
| 2017 | — | 4 | 0-31 | 2 | 1-20 | 6 | 1-51 | |||
| Total | — | 4 | 0-31 | 2 | 1-20 | 6 | 1-51 | |||
| Cork U21 | 2018 | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | |||
| Total | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | ||||
| Cork U20 | 2019 | — | 3 | 0-10 | 2 | 0-10 | 5 | 0-20 | ||
| Total | — | 3 | 0-10 | 2 | 0-10 | 5 | 0-20 | |||
| Cork | 2019 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-02 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-02 | ||
| Career total | 2 | 0-02 | 8 | 0-41 | 5 | 1-31 | 15 | 1-74 | ||